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Resource: Knowledge is Power: A Guide to the Educational Rights of New York City Students (General)

A brochure that states education rights related to school push-out, discipline/suspensions, school transfers, pregnant/parenting teens, special education, and more. Lists options for alternative...
Resource: Advocacy Skills: A Guide to Help You Advocate for Your Child’s Educational Rights

Tips to help you communicate effectively and advocate for your child's right to a quality education.
Resource: Testimony Delivered to the New York City Council Education Committee re: DOE's Networks for School Support

AFC testified before the Education Committee of the New York City Council, expressing concerns about the DOE's network-based structure for supporting the City's schools.
Resource: High School Promotion and Graduation Requirements

Criteria for promotion from 9th, 10th, and 11th grades. Also includes high school graduation requirements (credits and regent exams).
Resource: Homework Tips

Helpful tips to help children complete their homework. Lists of homework do's and don'ts.
Resource: Parent Teacher Conferences: What you should ask

Fourteen questions parents can ask teachers at a Parent Teacher Conference.
Resource: Promotion Policy in NYC Public Schools

Promotion policy for New York City Department of Education public schools as informed by Chancellor’s Regulation A-501. Lists promotion criteria for each grade from pre-kindergarten to the end of...
Resource: Students, Know Your Rights!

Information on what to do if you are being pushed out of school or already left school and want to go back. Lists useful contact information (i.e.Borough Referral Centers and AFC Helpline) and...
Resource: Advocates for Children Launches On-line Guide 2000

October 16, 2000, parents hungry for information about good schools have an easy-to-read, authoritative, Internet guide to New York City"s 1,100 public schools. The guide presents information that...
Resource: Statement on NYC Schools Identified for Closure

The following is a statement by Advocates for Children of New York, in response to the New York City Department of Education’s announcement of 25 schools it has identified for closure.

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