• Join Us:

    • Results are in!

    Overwhelmingly, communities turned out yesterday to support schools, only 5% of school budgets were voted down. AQE has put together news clips from across the state.

    Budget News

    #EduElection

    New Yorkers for Great Public Schools, a coalition of groups including AQE, invites you to the first education debate of the race! See what the candidates envision for NYC students.

    RSVP

    Stand up for students!

    Join AQE and NYSUT to rally for public education! Our students can’t afford backward policies or another year of cuts to the classroom.

    More info

    Rhee-ality Check

    New Yorkers for Great Public Schools released a report that details the failure of StudentsFirst.

    Read Report

    New Code for Buffalo

    A unanimous vote on April 23 by the Buffalo Board of Education passed the new Code of Conduct!

    More info

    Equity Report

    AQE released a report that details how the opportunity gap in New York is widening due to inequitable and inadequate aid to schools.

    Read report

    AQE's Platform

    The Alliance for Quality Education is a coalition mobilizing communities across the state to keep New York true to its promise of ensuring a high quality public education to all students regardless of zip code. Combining its legislative and policy expertise with grassroots organizing, AQE advances proven-to-work strategies that lead to student success and ultimately create a powerful public demand for a high quality education.

    AQE releases

  • RELEASE: Buffalo Passes New Discipline Code, Reduce Suspension
  • RELEASE: Testing is not teaching
  • RELEASE: AQE Reaction to 2013-14 Education Budget
  • RELEASE: AQE’s Reaction to NYC’s $250 million School Aid Penalty

    • » Read more...

    Donate

    Your gift will support our successful work to win funding that reduces class size, expands pre-Kindergarten, and provides essential education resources for millions of New York students. Click here to donate.

    AQE in the News

    What's happening in your school?
    Tell us how your school fared in the budget

    In NYC: Solutions not Suspensions
    NYC mayoral candidates support change in discipline

    Testing is Not Teaching
    Read AQE's statement on excessive testing

    Report: Confronting the Gap
    Read AQE's latest report on educational inequity

    WATCH: Averting Educational Crisis
    Video from AQE's conference

    Tell a friend about AQE
    We need more voices like yours!

    Need help organizing your event?
    Check out these tips

    Twitter Feed

    Follow @aqe_ny on twitter.

    Intern with AQE

    If that appeals to you, AQE has the ideal internship to not only build your resume, but to also give you a well-rounded experience working for a non-profit promoting education reform on both the policy and community levels.  Click here to apply.

    Survey

    We want to hear from you! Numbers don't always tell the whole story, and we want to know how the New York State budget has affected your school. Click here to share what's happening in your school.