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Mobilization for Equity and Excellence in Education

AFC participates in the Mobilization for Equity and Excellence in Education project, which is a national demonstration project organized by the National Coalition of Advocates for Students and supported by the Ford Foundation. Mobilization for Equity and Excellence in Education has its own webpage on the NCAS site.

As the New York partner in this project, AFC has promoted reform in low-performing schools through our intensive bilingual training seminars for parents. Our efforts build the capacity of parents who are most often excluded from active participation in schools and improve the ability of community groups to promote effective education. Through this project, we conduct intensive, six part training series to over 120 parents each year. These workshop series are conducted in English and Spanish and Haitian Creole. The training program covers such areas as good school criteria, school governance, special education, discipline, bilingual education, and Title I. We also provide this training series for community-based organizations. Under this grant, we also produce many parent-friendly materials and brochures designed to help parents understand their legal rights in the New York City school system.

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