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Decision to Close New Rochelle High School for 2 Weeks is Irresponsible and Tone Deaf

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Students, communities have been made vulnerable to lasting impacts by the State’s persistent underfunding of public schools ALBANY, N.Y. (March 10, 2020) — In response to Governor Cuomo’s announcement to create a COVID-19 containment area in New Rochelle which includes public schools, the public education advocacy organization Alliance for Quality Education released the following statement: “The … Continue reading Decision to Close New Rochelle High School for 2 Weeks is Irresponsible and Tone Deaf

Our children’s futures are on the line

By April 1st, Governor Cuomo and the New York State Assembly and Senate will come to an agreement on New York’s $170 billion state budget. This means we have just a few days left to tell our Senators and Assemblymembers that they need to fight harder than they ever to ensure New York invest in our children … Continue reading Our children’s futures are on the line

New York’s budget needs to put children first

Governor Cuomo’s fighting for a budget that would severely shortchange our public schools. But the Governor cannot pass a budget alone. Next week, New York State legislators will release their state budget proposals. Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie will ultimately join the Governor in making the final decisions in the … Continue reading New York’s budget needs to put children first

Fighting for equity in the New York State budget

Through the formation of parent-led Education Committees, parents and community members are engaging in local work to raise awareness of the impact of the state’s underfunding on school districts. In Buffalo, Utica, Rochester, Hudson Valley parents are getting together to build power to transform the schools in their communities and statewide.

Governor Cuomo’s Continuous Attempts to Eradicate Civil Rights in Education

In response to comments from Governor Andrew Cuomo as reported by Politico on Thursday, the Alliance for Quality Education released the following statement: “Governor Cuomo says he wants to fund schools based on need, but the biggest opposition to making that happen is the Governor himself. The 2007 Foundation Aid formula does not follow the shares agreement, … Continue reading Governor Cuomo’s Continuous Attempts to Eradicate Civil Rights in Education

Cuomo Staff Manhandle & Attack AQE leaders at Clergy Breakfast

On Tuesday, Governor Cuomo’s security staff forcibly removed an Alliance for Quality Education staff member from a clergy breakfast when she spoke out with two parent leaders in an effort to call the Governor’s attention to the fact that New York State owes public schools $3.8 billion in unpaid Foundation Aid. Later in the day … Continue reading Cuomo Staff Manhandle & Attack AQE leaders at Clergy Breakfast

Students need #BudgetJustice

New York is home to more billionaires than anywhere else on the planet. Yet just blocks from the center of the epicenter of the global financial universe, students are going to public schools that are barely scraping by.   New York has enormous wealth, but we also have one of the worst track-records for inequity … Continue reading Students need #BudgetJustice

Committee Accuses New York State of Violating Students’ Civil Rights

ALBANY, N.Y. (February 17, 2020) — The New York Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released a report, titled Education Equity in New York: A Forgotten Dream, making a number of recommendations to address the civil rights crisis in education in New York State. Chief among the recommendations were fully funding the Foundation Aid … Continue reading Committee Accuses New York State of Violating Students’ Civil Rights

It’s time to #FundNYSchools

Governor Cuomo’s budget proposal is grossly inadequate to meet the needs of New York’s students — just one-third of what our schools need, according to the Board of Regents. You can compare the Board of Regents’ recommendations and AQE’s education demands to what made it into the Governor’s budget proposal by clicking the image below. … Continue reading It’s time to #FundNYSchools