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Separate and Unequal: Shocking Disparities Between Charter Schools and Public Schools that Share the Building
As the state legislature is negotiating over whether or not to raise the cap on charter schools, parents and students community groups have raised questions about the need for reform in charter schools. At
Read More »Faces of Change: Osman Muse
Osman moved to the US from Somalia with his parents when he was in the 6th grade. He remembers that when he got here, he felt like he was “trapped in outer space” because
Read More »Reject Mid-Year Budget Cuts
Today, the state legislature will address the Governor's proposed mid-year budget cuts, which include $686 million to education and millions more to after-school programs and Medicaid. He has also proposed a state spending cap
Read More »I Had No Choice?
by Bob Cohen, Policy Director On October 15th, Governor Paterson initiated what has unfortunately become almost a new ritual in Albany - telling us that he has to make further “mid-year” cuts to the existing
Read More »Buffalo: District Wide Uniform Works to Reduce School Violence
Do a search for school violence on Google News and the number of results, which span the continental United States, is disheartening. The history of school violence begins for most Americans with Columbine and
Read More »Community Spotlight: Wyandanch Schools
For years, our Long Island affiliate, the Long Island Progressive Coalition, has been working through the Alliance for Quality Education to influence reforms in the Wyandanch School District - reforms to the curriculum, the
Read More »Citizen Action Joins AQE in asking New Education Commissioner to Implement “Sound Basic Education Covenant”
Last week, the Board of Regents announced its election of Dr. David Stenier as New York State Education Commissioner. The position is an important one for all school children in New York. It holds
Read More »Syracuse Puts a Spotlight on their School Board Election
Last month, our Syracuse chapter held a barbecue at the Southwest Community Center. On the menu: learning the views and ideas of local school board candidates. In past years there was little competition among
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