The Committee on Education and Labor met to hear testimony on "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the United States Department of Education." The U.S. Department of Education was making a budget request for Fiscal Year 2022 and the Committee wanted to examine the Department's priorities to support students, educators, and…

In September 2008, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Schools Chancellor, Joel Klein announced Chancellor's Regulation A-832, which established policies and procedures on how New York City schools should respond to bias-based harassment, intimidation, and bullying in schools. The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), the Sikh…

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) developed this language access toolkit to share the expertise and experiences of National Asian American Education Advocates Network (NAAEA) member organizations with other community organizations interested in developing language access campaigns. This toolkit includes an overview of…

This document is a collection of racial/ethnic data on the school population of New York State for 1984-1985. Such data have been collected annually since 1966 and are part of the State Department of Education's Basic Educational Data System. Table 1 gives racial/ethnic student distribution in the State's five major school districts (Buffalo, New…

This report summarizes information on the racial/ethnic distribution of the students and professional staff in all public elementary and secondary schools in New York State during 1980-81. Various statistical tables show the proportions of students and staff classified as belonging to (1) White, (2) Black, (3) Hispanic, and (4) Asian/Pacific…

The report presents the 1976-77 racial/ethnic distribution of public school students and staff in New York. Tabular data include the students' racial/ethnic distribution for the State's major school districts of Buffalo, New York, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers (individually and combined), for the rest of the State, and for the State as a whole;…

Since 1966 racial/ethnic data has been collected annually from all public elementary and secondary schools in New York State. This report presents such data for the 1974-75 school year. The tabular data include the: (1) students' racial/ethnic distribution for the State's major school districts of Buffalo, New York, Rochester, Syracuse, and…

Since 1966 racial/ethnic data has been collected annually from all public elementary and secondary schools in New York State. Such data is presented in eight tables. Table 1 gives the 1973-74 racial/ethnic distribution of public school students for the State's major school districts (Buffalo, New York, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers), for the…

This document is a collection of racial/ethnic data on the school population of New York State for l989-90. Such data have been collected annually since 1966 and are part of the State Department of Education's Basic Educational Data System. Table 1 gives racial/ethnic student distribution in the State's five major school districts (Buffalo, New…

This series of tables presents information about the racial and ethnic distributions of students and staff in New York public schools in the 1992-93 school year. Specific attention is paid to Black and Hispanic American students and teachers. Information is listed as percent distributions by racial and ethnic origin, by school district within…

This report reflects the work of a task force charged with examining curricular materials used by the New York State Department of Education to see if they adequately reflect the pluralistic nature of society, and to identify areas where changes or additions may be needed. The Task Force concluded that African Americans, Asian Americans, Puerto…

This report compares New York's reading and mathematics performance on the most recent administrations of the state assessment with performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). To indicate how New York is doing in narrowing the academic achievement gap between African American and Latino students and their white, middle…