In the pursuit of our 2024 priorities for education equity, we recently hosted a coalition meeting, bringing together our partners, including Make the Road, Citizen Action, New York Communities for Change, and the New York City Coalition for Educational Justice. This strategic session in Albany allowed our newest members to get familiar with our priorities … Continue reading Coalition Building for Change
2024 Candidate Briefing Guide
With Relentless Cuts To Schools & Essential Services, Adams Shows He Lacks the Leadership to Run NYC
NEW YORK, N.Y. (November 16, 2023) — In response to Mayor Eric Adams’ budget announcement Thursday, public education advocacy organization the Alliance for Quality Education released the following statement: “The latest announcement of budget cuts reads like a masterclass in gaslighting, as Mayor Adams opens by claiming that his administration has ‘delivered’ for New Yorkers, … Continue reading With Relentless Cuts To Schools & Essential Services, Adams Shows He Lacks the Leadership to Run NYC
With Yet Another Round of School Cuts, Mayor Adams Deepens Harm to NYC Students
NEW YORK, N.Y. (October 26, 2023) — In response to Mayor Eric Adams moving forward with mid-year cuts to public schools, public education advocacy organization the Alliance for Quality Education released the following statement: “Principals across New York City are being abruptly notified that Mayor Adams is cutting funding from their schools, just weeks after … Continue reading With Yet Another Round of School Cuts, Mayor Adams Deepens Harm to NYC Students
Alliance for Quality Education Announces Departure of Executive Director Jasmine Gripper
Zakiyah Ansari & Marina Marcou-O’Malley Named Interim Co-Executive Directors ALBANY, N.Y. – Public education advocacy organization the Alliance for Quality Education today announced the impending departure of Executive Director Jasmine Gripper, effective mid-November. Gripper will be taking on the role of Co-Director at the New York State Working Families Party, partnering with Ana Maria Archila. … Continue reading Alliance for Quality Education Announces Departure of Executive Director Jasmine Gripper
Improving the Foundation Aid Formula
Report Details Changes to Make NY’s School Funding Formula More Equitable
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 22, 2023) — A report released Monday by the Alliance for Quality Education and Education Law Center presents recommendations for a review of the sixteen-year-old New York State Foundation Aid formula to ensure it is delivering the resources necessary to provide an adequately funded and equitable public education to all New York … Continue reading Report Details Changes to Make NY’s School Funding Formula More Equitable
2023-24 Enacted Budget Side by Side
With Historic Milestone for Educational Equity, NY’s Public Schools Begin a New Chapter
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 10, 2023) — Thirty years after the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit was filed and 16 years after the Foundation Aid formula was enacted, the 2023-24 New York State enacted budget, for the first time in its history, fully funds public schools. For decades, this fight was spearheaded by generations of dedicated … Continue reading With Historic Milestone for Educational Equity, NY’s Public Schools Begin a New Chapter
Hochul shifts focus away from education equity to push for zombie charters
Expansion of privately run charter schools comes at a historic moment for equity in NY public schools ALBANY, N.Y. (April 27, 2023) — In response to Governor Hochul’s announcement that a conceptual agreement has been reached on the 2023-24 New York State enacted budget, the public education advocacy organization Alliance for Quality Education released the … Continue reading Hochul shifts focus away from education equity to push for zombie charters