本报告探讨了警方对 12,000 多项“儿童危机”干预措施的响应数据,在干预措施中,情绪困扰的学生被带离课堂并送往医院进行心理评估。这些干预措施中,黑人学生、就读 75 区学校的学生和就读位于低收入有色人种社区学校的学生占了很大比例。我们呼吁市政府通过取消学校警察并投资于行为和心理健康支持和服务来结束对情绪危机学生的定罪。
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More than 115 Organizations Call for Changes to New York State’s School Funding Formula
Every child in New York State has the right to a sound, basic education—and providing such an education requires adequate and equitable funding. More than 115 organizations are calling on Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature to revamp New York’s outdated school funding formula to ensure schools have the resources necessary to provide a high-quality education to all students, with particular attention to those who have the greatest needs.102 Results Found
本报告重点介绍了阅读熟练程度的种族差异数据,并呼吁市政府将其$7亿美元联邦新冠疫情救济资金中的一部分投入其中,全面努力改进向所有学生提供阅读指导的方式,并为需要额外支持的学生提供有针对性的干预措施。
今年 5 月,2021 年亚足联和 法律援助协会 报告强调,教育部迫切需要设立一个专门负责寄养学生需求的小型办公室。目前,教育部没有专门为纽约市 6,000 名寄养青少年提供支持的办公室、团队,甚至没有一名工作人员,而这群学生尤其需要专门的支持。
This policy brief highlights disparities in school attendance during the pandemic and calls on the City to invest in an ambitious Education Recovery Plan that ensures all students can receive the academic and social-emotional support they need as they return to school.
This January 2021 data brief examines the steep decline during the COVID-19 pandemic in the number of infants and toddlers referred to the New York City Early Intervention (EI) program to address concerns about their development. As a result of the drop in referrals, thousands of young children with developmental delays or disabilities missed the chance for intervention at the time it is most effective.
The New York State Technical and Education Assistance Center for Homeless Students (NYS-TEACHS), a project of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), posted new data showing that more than 111,000 New York City students—approximately one in ten children enrolled in district or charter schools—were identified as homeless during the 2019-20 school year. In the Bronx, approximately one in six students was homeless.
Advocates for Children of New York released a set of essential recommendations for New York City’s school reopening plan, urging the Department of Education (DOE) to ensure that students with disabilities have the support they need when schools reopen, whether they are learning in a school building or remotely.
这份 2020 年 6 月的政策简报总结了市长 2021 财政年度行政预算中拟议的教育经费削减以及这些削减将对学校和学生造成的毁灭性影响。简报敦促市长白思豪和市议会拒绝削减教育经费,并确保学校拥有更多资源(而不是更少资源)来应对疫情带来的挑战。
这份 2020 年 6 月的政策简报显示,纽约州约有 3,700 名学生今年将超过学校年龄,失去获得文凭的机会。他们大多是有色人种学生、残疾学生和英语学习者。简报呼吁州教育部发布指导意见,指导各学区允许所有未获得文凭的超龄学生明年重返高中。
由于多年来纽约州对学前特殊教育项目的投资不足,纽约远远未能为所有儿童提供他们需要并有合法权利接受的学前特殊教育课程。本政策简报显示,预计 2020 年春季纽约市残疾儿童的学前特殊教育班座位将短缺 1,000 多个。