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WNY Chapter Endorses Buffalo Board of Education Candidates
In Buffalo, on May 7th, city residents will vote for new members of the Board of Education. Now, more than ever, we need champions of education who will fight for our Public Schools, and,
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Our Response to the State of the Union
President Obama called for a major expansion of access to Pre-K in his State of the State address tonight. Here is the responses of Karen Scharff and Billy Easton. Citizen Action of New York
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Coalition Response to the Education Reform Commission Report
Ready for Kindergarten, Ready for College Campaign Praises New York Education Commission’s Recommendation to Create Full-Day Pre-Kindergarten Program A coalition of early childhood, education and community organizations, the Ready for Kindergarten, Ready for College
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Solutions Not Suspensions Rally a Huge Success
By Brian Trzeciak, Education Organzer with Citizen Action and AQENY On Wednesday, Sept. 26th, Citizen Action and the Alliance for Quality Education organized a rally with parents, students, activists, and community members on the
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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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