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10.28.19 | Univision | Poco más de 114.000 estudiantes de las escuelas públicas y charter de la gran manzana vivían en un refugio, con amigos o familiares el año pasado, según un informe de la organización Advocates for Children (Defensores de los Niños).Los datos, que provienen del Departamento de...
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10.28.2019 | Bklyner | Over 31,000 students attending public schools in Brooklyn were homeless at some point last year, according to data released Monday by the group Advocates for Children of New York (AFC).The group, an organization that advocates on behalf of marginalized students in public...
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10.28.2019 | NY Daily News | More than 100,000 New York City students were homeless last school year — the fourth straight year the number has topped that mark, new data shows.Just over 114,000 students in city public and charter schools — one out of every ten — lived in a shelter or doubled up...
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10.28.2019 | The 74 | The number of homeless students in New York City stabilized in 2018-19 after ballooning over the past decade — but “dismal educational outcomes” for these young people continue to constitute a crisis, according to a report released Monday from Advocates for Children of New...
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10.22.19 | The 74 | The number of school-age foster youth in the city varies by source; Advocates for Children of New York reported 4,500 students in a “snapshot” count in May, whereas the district recorded about 7,800 during the 2017-18 year. In most cases, foster youth are children who’ve been...
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10.23.2019 | The 74 | The number of school-age foster youth in the city varies by source; Advocates for Children of New York reported 4,500 students in a “snapshot” count in May, whereas the district recorded about 7,800 during the 2017-18 year. In most cases, foster youth...
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10.16.2019 | The City | Seven public interest organizations sent a letter Tuesday to top education officials charging that the department for years “has woefully failed to meet its obligations” to address special education complaints.The city education department’s inability to meet legal deadlines...
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10.17.2019 | NY Daily News | Rita Rodriguez-Engberg said many parents don’t even know they can have special education documents translated, which outline services like paraprofessionals, smaller class sizes and assistive technology for students with disabilities.“It puts the onus on the parents to...
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Page: Our Pro Bono ModelAFC's Pro Bono ModelAFC’s Pro Bono model is unique both in the level of training and the degree of support we provide our volunteer attorneys. Before a pro bono attorney is assigned a case, he or she is generally required to attend a two-hour Pro Bono Training to understand the relevant...
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Resource: What to Ask During a School VisitList of questions to ask when analyzing if a placement is appropriate.
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09.26.2019 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle | Ashley Grant, supervising staff attorney at Advocates for Children of New York told the story of a girl she called Myra — a bright student who did well in her classes, maintained a B average and earned more than 50 credits (far exceeding the coursework required...
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09.27.2019 | New York Daily News | The Legal Aid Society and 24 other organizations sent a letter to Mayor de Blasio Thursday urging the city to “honor its commitment” to provide buses.State and federal law requires schools to provide students in foster care transportation so they don’t have to...
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09.27.2019 | AFC joined 25 child welfare and education organizations in sending a letter to Mayor de Blasio calling on the City to abide by federal and state law and honor its commitment to guarantee bus service or a comparable mode of transportation to kindergarten through sixth-grade...
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09.24.2019 | AFC, on behalf of the Coalition for Multiple Pathways to a Diploma, testified before the City Council Committee on Education on high-stakes tests and the need for more ways to determine that students have mastered high school graduation standards. The State’s current...
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Resource: Requesting School TransfersThis tip sheet explains the different types of school transfers and how to obtain them.
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Resource: Como Solicitar un Cambio de EscuelaThis tip sheet explains the different types of school transfers and how to obtain them. (SPANISH)
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Resource: Choosing an Elementary or Middle School
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03.29.2012 | AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on General Welfare in opposition to the shortsighted, massive cuts to early childhood education programs proposed in Mayor Bloomberg’s Preliminary Budget. Read testimony [PDF]
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Blog: Working Group Calls on NYC Department of Education to Support Struggling Schools, Not Close Them04.17.2012 | AFC Executive Director, Kim Sweet, is a member of the New York City Working Group on School Transformation, which released a report calling on the city’s Department of Education to support low-performing schools, rather than simply closing them. The Working Group, initiated by the NYC...