On Tuesday, Governor Cuomo’s security staff forcibly removed an Alliance for Quality Education staff member from a clergy breakfast when she spoke out with two parent leaders in an effort to call the Governor’s attention to the fact that New York State owes public schools $3.8 billion in unpaid Foundation Aid. Later in the day … Continue reading Cuomo Staff Manhandle & Attack AQE leaders at Clergy Breakfast
Students need #BudgetJustice
New York is home to more billionaires than anywhere else on the planet. Yet just blocks from the center of the epicenter of the global financial universe, students are going to public schools that are barely scraping by. New York has enormous wealth, but we also have one of the worst track-records for inequity … Continue reading Students need #BudgetJustice
Committee Accuses New York State of Violating Students’ Civil Rights
ALBANY, N.Y. (February 17, 2020) — The New York Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released a report, titled Education Equity in New York: A Forgotten Dream, making a number of recommendations to address the civil rights crisis in education in New York State. Chief among the recommendations were fully funding the Foundation Aid … Continue reading Committee Accuses New York State of Violating Students’ Civil Rights
2020-21 Education Committee Hearings: AQE Testimony
It’s time to #FundNYSchools
Governor Cuomo’s budget proposal is grossly inadequate to meet the needs of New York’s students — just one-third of what our schools need, according to the Board of Regents. You can compare the Board of Regents’ recommendations and AQE’s education demands to what made it into the Governor’s budget proposal by clicking the image below. … Continue reading It’s time to #FundNYSchools
Fact Sheet: Education Revenue Bill
The Impact of Charters on New York City Public Schools
The State of Early Learning in New York
AQE Legislative Priorities 2020-21
Legislative Priorities 2020-21 Year after year, students, parents and community members advocate that the state finally commits to fulfilling its constitutional obligation to all students by fully funding schools, especially the schools that educate students of color and low income students. This election year, it is more important than ever to show our youngest New … Continue reading AQE Legislative Priorities 2020-21