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A Late Recap: Community Meeting on Suspension Reform
Nearly two years ago, Jawaan Daniels was shot and killed waiting for the bus to go home after he was suspended from his Buffalo school for walking the hallways. Since the summer of 2011,
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Education Lobby Day!
Yesterday, more than 1800 students, parents, educators, community advocates, elected officials and activists gathered in Albany to draw attention to the dire circumstances surrounding New York State’s educational system. Over the past two years, schools
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Recap of the Rural and Small City School District Forum
Our Capital District Organizer, Mark Emanatian, gives us a recap of yesterday’s forum: On February 29th, almost eight hundred students, parents and educators from rural and small city schools from across New York State
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Early Childhood Education Lobby Day
Today, we rallied over 100 students (Pre-K to college), parents, teachers, and advocates from all over New York State to Albany to call on our legislators to invest in quality early education
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Early Childhood Education: Frozen Funding Leads to Cracks in the Foundation
Today, representatives from the Alliance for Quality Education, Citizen Action of New York, Winning Beginning New York, the Westchester PTA, Cohoes School district, among other organizations and concerned citizens, met in the LOB at
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New Report Shows Years of Pre-K Cuts, Despite Funding & Big Benefits
Today, we joined a coalition of early childhood education providers, parents, policy and advocacy groups to release a new report that details drastic reductions to the Universal Pre-Kindergarten grant since 2007, despite proof that
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No One Wins When Our Children Lose
Today, the Alliance for Quality Education held several press conferences across the state, discussing the release of their new report, No One Wins When Our Children Lose. The report outlines how the Executive Budget for
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First Things First 2012: A Recap
Yesterday, over 500 parents, students along with their labor and Occupy allies converged on the Capitol for First Things First 2012 – a rally and speak out where they voiced their grievances and concerns
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Statement by Karen Scharff, In Response to Announced Tax Deal
Citizen Action of New York Responds to Tax Plan In response to the economic plan announced today, Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York said: After several years of devastating budget cuts to
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