New York

NYC Allies Help Pass Law Focused on Access to School Counselors

Thanks to the hard work of the Urban Youth Collaborative, Make the Road NY and other allies, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law new requirements for the city's department of education to report data on students' access to school counselors.

November 6, 2014

Mayor de Blasio signs the new law. Behind him, left to
right, Council Member Antonio Reynoso, and UYC's
Kesi Foster and Christine Rodriguez (UYC).
Photo via UYC.
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National
New York
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Wraparound student supports

Struggling NYC Schools Will Get $150 Million Investment in Wraparound Supports

After years of hard work by local organizers fighting for better school resources, NYC Mayor Bill de Balsio announced the city will dedicate $150 million to equip 94 struggling schools with a broad spectrum of wraparound supports to help them improve. 

November 4, 2014

In an age of punitive school accountability systems and mass school closures, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio won his campaign in part by promising to realize a bold, new, community-driven vision for improving schools.

State: 
National
New York
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Fair and Just School Resources
Wraparound student supports

#WeCantWait Photo Campaign Shows What's Missing in Underfunded Schools

New York State owes its students billions in school funding it refuses to provide. A powerful photo campaign from the Alliance for Quality Education shows exactly what's missing from schools as a result.

September 17, 2014

New York State owes its students billions in school funding it refuses to provide. Now, a powerful photo campaign from the Alliance for Quality Education (AQE) is showing exactly what's missing from schools as a result.

State: 
National
New York
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Fair and Just School Resources
Wraparound student supports

NYC Students Start School Without New Discipline Code

By Dignity in Schools Campaign - New York
1.1 million New York City students started the school year without a new discipline code. DSC-NY, with the support of 16 City Council members and two state assembly members, is calling on the Department of Education and the de Blasio administration to limit punitive discipline practices and promote positive school climates.
September 3, 2014
p>Dignity in Schools CampaignThe following statement was originally issued by the Dignity in Schools Campaign, an OTL ally.
State: 
National
New York
Issues: 
Fair and Just School Climate

OTL Allies Named to NYC Community Schools Advisory Board

Longtime NYC parent organizers Zakiyah Ansari and Ocynthia Williams have been named to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's Community Schools Advisory Board. Congrats Zakiyah and Ocynthia!

July 22, 2014

Zakiyah Ansari (left) of the Alliance for Quality
Education and Ocynthia Williams of United Parents of
Highbridgewere named to the Community Schools
Advisory Baord.
State: 
National
New York
Issues: 
Fair and Just School Resources
Wraparound student supports
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Community Schools

NY Teacher Tenure Lawsuit Gets Inequality "Completely Wrong"

A new lawsuit in New York is challenging teacher tenure, but advocates and organizers point out that the case is merely a distraction from the real inequities that are hurting the state's public schools. Writing in the Times Union, Billy Easton (Alliance for Quality Education) and David Sciarra (Education Law Center) explain what the case gets right––and what it gets completely wrong.

July 16, 2014

David Sciarra (right) and Billy Easton at a press
conference in March presenting findings from a
statewide fact-finding tour to document education
inequity in New York public schools.
State: 
National
New York
Issues: 
Fair and Just School Resources
Wraparound student supports
Teaching Quality Supports

Help Tell The Story of How Education Advocates Won the NYC Mayoral Elections

Education was a center-stage issue in the New York City 2013 mayoral election thanks to the hard work of advocates and organizers across the city. Now those advocates are making a film chronicling their victory and they need your help! Watch the teaser trailer for "Vision to Victory" and help support the film's production!

June 25, 2014

Education was a center-stage issue in the New York City 2013 mayoral election thanks to the hard work of advocates and organizers across the city. In the run up to the election, a powerful coalition emerged that engaged the community, shaped the debate and eventually helped elect Bill de Blasio to office. 

Now those advocates are making a film chronicling their victory and they need your help!

State: 
National
New York

NYC To Invest $52 Million in Community Schools

Over the next several years, New York City will invest $52 million to double the number of community schools in the city. These schools act as hubs for all types of wraparound supports from medical services and tutoring for students to English language classes and job training for parents.

June 25, 2014

One of best ways to turnaround a struggling school is to transform it into a "community school," a hub for all types of wraparound supports from medical services and tutoring for students to English language classes and job training for parents. In New York City, advocates and organizers have rallied around the idea of community schools and called for the city to expand the few programs that already exist.

Tags: 
Community Schools
State: 
National
New York

#EduElection: How Grassroots Voices Shaped NYC's Mayoral Election

A new issue of the The Annenberg Institute's Voices in Urban Education chronicles how grassroots organizers in New York City championed a new vision for education reform and shaped the mayoral election that put  Bill de Blasio in office.

May 30, 2014

It seems the tide might finally be turning in the fight for public education. 

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National
New York

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