AFC 致力于改变教育政策，以便公立学校系统能够服务于 全部 儿童有效。我们发布政策报告和数据分析，在市和州两级作证，在媒体上发声，让人们关注我们所服务的学生和家庭面临的挑战，并与其他倡导者、家长、青少年和教育工作者一起呼吁改变。
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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。
本报告于 2019 年 12 月与 纽约儿童公民委员会 （CCC）报告显示，纽约州对纽约早期干预计划的投资不足，导致在服务获取方面存在严重的种族和社会经济差异。报告显示，如果生活在低收入的有色人种社区，三岁以下发育迟缓或残疾的儿童不太可能获得有助于他们充分发挥潜力的关键服务，并向纽约市和纽约州提出了一些建议，以增加早期干预服务的机会。
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 the number of students in New York City identified as homeless during the 2018-2019 school year remained stubbornly high, topping 100,000 for the fourth consecutive year.