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AFC’s Annual Spring Benefit
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
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Spotlight
Act Now to Keep the Local Diploma for ALL Students Until Real Alternatives Exist
5.15.2012 | In 1996, the New York State Education Department set in motion the phase out of the local diploma in an effort to have all students fulfill the requirements for the more rigorous Regents diploma. After 15 years of phase out and a last-minute proposal to extend the local diploma only for students with disabilities, up to 14,000 general... Read more
Thanks for supporting AFC's 2012 Spring Benefit!
5.09.2012 | Advocates for Children of New York’s Spring Benefit on May 8, 2012 was a great success. Once again, The Rubin Museum was packed! Thank you to our over 500 supporters! Your continued generosity enables us to protect the education rights of every NYC child. (Pictured left to right: Richard Beattie, recipient of Jill Chaifetz Award... Read more
AFC Testimony Regarding School-Based Mental Health Services
5.01.2012 | AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Mental Health, Mental Retardation, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse and Disability Services and the Committee on Education regarding the negative consequences that the city-wide shortage of school-based mental health services has on schools and their students. Read testimony ... Read more
In Memory Of Luisa Piñeiro Fuentes
4.19.2012 | Luisa Piñeiro Fuentes was an educator in the New York City public schools for 38 years, and served as principal at PS/MS 279 and PS 307. She fought constantly to establish a safe and loving environment in her schools, and to secure the necessary resources for any child in her community who was in need. AFC is incredibly... Read more
AFC in the News
Ay, caramba! Foreign language versions of school exams riddled with errors
5.09.2012 | New York Daily News | “When children are taking a test and come upon a badly worded question, it can ... affect their performance on the rest of the test,” said Advocates for Children executive director Kim Sweet. Read article Read more
From abused to honors in school
5.09.2012 | ABC Eyewitness News | Eric DeGiaimo, NYC student and recipient of the Education Champion Award at AFC's 2012 Spring Benefit, told his story to ABC Eyewitness News. Read article Read more
Elite & audition schools get special ed pass
5.02.2012 | Insideschools.org | "The community schools don't have an extra year," said Maggie Moroff of Advocates for Children. "Some of them had incredibly low percentages, and they are doing it this year." In fact, when parents at academically-demanding IS 187/Christa McAuliffe in Brooklyn demanded an exemption after learning in January that... Read more
State to Propose New Graduation Requirements for Students with Disabilities
4.20.2012 | New York Times/SchoolBook | Kim Sweet, the director of Advocates for Children, said that while the proposed options could make a dent in the graduation rate for disabled students, they were too restrictive. “Why do you only get a safety net if you’re a student with a disability?” she said. “There are also general education students who... Read more
