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Early Childhood - Pre-K  |  K-12 Education  |  Higher Education  |  More Topics K-12 Education NYIC EDUCATION REFORM COLLABORATIVE The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) is an umbrella policy and advocacy organization for more than 200 groups in New York State that works for justice and opportunity for immigrants and refugees. For nearly a decade, the NYIC has been fighting to improve the quality of education for New York’s English language learner (ELL) and immigrant student population, through three primary vehicles: the EMPIRE Collaborative, the Immigrant and ELL Education Taskforce; and the publication of monitoring and policy reports. The Immigrant and ELL Education Taskforce consists of more than 20 immigrant, education, research and legal advocacy organizations that meet regularly to coordinate advocacy and exchange information about issues affecting ELL/immigrant students and is open to all organizations, teachers, and administrators regardless of their capacity or the type of organization. The task force has active subcommittees that work on policy development and implementation on issues, such as: • Funding & Accountability/Implementation of the ELL Success Agenda • Translation and Interpretation in NYC Schools • Access to Schools and Quality Programs (Small Schools, Pre-K, Charter Schools & Gifted Programs) • Services for Students with Interrupted Formal Education (SIFEs) • Parent Engagement/Governance (Immigrant Parent Education Initiative) • Higher Education Opportunities for Undocumented Students • ELL Teacher Recruitment & Retention • Mayoral Control • Appropriate Assessments and Accommodations for ELLs The EMPIRE (Equity Monitoring Project for Immigrant and Refugee Education) Collaborative , is made up of core groups that play a leadership role in our grassroots advocacy efforts. The EMPIRE Collaborative has a higher threshold for participation and is more tightly coordinated in terms of mutual accountability. The project aims to build the capacity of the participating community groups and develop leadership among parents and community members. EMPIRE groups are selected each year through an RFP process. The current EMPIRE Collaborative is composed of: • Asian Americans for Equality • Comprehensive Development Inc. • El Centro de la Hospitalidad • Haitian Americans United for Progress • Make the Road New York • Metropolitan Russian-American Parents’ Association Through a partnership with Advocates For Children and the EMPIRE groups, we have also published several monitoring and policy reports that have received wide media coverage and resulted in major sought-for policy reforms and funding increases. Our most recent reports include: - School Year Filled With Missed Communication: Despite Chancellor’s Regulation, Immigrant Parents Still Face Language Barriers (2007); - So Many Schools, So Few Options: How Mayor Bloomberg’s Small High School Reforms Deny Full Access to English Language Learners (November 2006); - A Bad Start to the School Year: Despite New Regulation, Immigrant Parents Still Face Major Language Barriers (September 2006); - From Translation to Participation: A Survey of Parent Coordinators in New York City and Their Ability to Assist Non-English Speaking Parents (May 2004); - Denied At the Door: Language Barriers Block Immigrant Parents from School Involvement (February 2004); - Creating a Formula for Success: Why English Language Learner Students Are Dropping Out of School and How to Increase Graduation Rates (2002); - Report from the Front Lines: What’s Needed to Make New York’s ESL and Bilingual Programs Succeed (2001); - Playing by the Rules when the System Doesn’t: Immigrant Families and Summer School in New York (2000). For More Information, Please Contact: Melanie Reyes Education Advocacy Coordinator Phone: (212) 627-2227 x238 Email: mreyes@thenyic.org > Eliminate Language Barriers for Immigrant Students and Parents > Push for Appropriate English Test for ELL High Schoolers > Letter to State Education Department > Letter to the Department of Education > Contract for Excellence Letter to Regents > NYIC DOB Testimony Fall 2007 > NYIC FY'09 Letter to Vice Chancellor Tisch July 30, 2007 > DOE ELLC4E Policy Recommendations <back to top > Action Alerts > Reform Collaborative > Who We Are And How To Get Involved more What's Hot > Getting It Right: Ensuring a Quality Education for English Language Learners in New York (A Policy Brief by the NYIC) > Sign-On Letter Responding to ELL Graduation Rates > Policy Brief- Building ELL Success > Recommendations to the Board of Regents and NYSED more Press Releases > Latest Casualty of NYC School Budget Cuts: City’s Only Russian Dual-Language Program to Be Closed > Advocates Urge Alternatives to Slashing School Budgets > Huge Blow for City Schools - Mayor Bloomberg Slashes School Funding > Immigrant Coalition Responds to Report on ELL Achievement, Points to System Crisis for Middle and High School ELLs and Urge Increased Commitments to Students With The Most Need more Issue Backgrounders > Campaign for Better Schools Recommendation's On Governance of the NYC School District > 2009 City Advocacy Day - Support English Classes & Legal Services for Immigrants > 2009 City Advocacy Day - Improve Educational Outcomes for Immigrant Students > 2010 Albany Advocacy Day - Strengthen Funding and Instruction for English Language Learners more Testimonies > Testimony of Deycy Avitia, Coordinator of Education Advocacy for the New York Immigration Coalition, for the NYS Assembly Standing Committee on Education’s Public Hearing on NYC School Governance > Testimony of Deycy Avitia, Coordinator of Education Advocacy for the New York Immigration Coalition, for the New York City Council Education Committee Budget Hearing > Testimony of Deycy Avitia, Coordinator of Education Advocacy for the for the New York City Council Education Committee Budget Hearing > NYC Council Education Committee Budget Hearing more Advocacy Letters > NYIC Letter to Chancellor Joel Klein requesting a meeting to discuss the impact of small high schools on ELLs > State Legislature Letter in Support of Fair CFE Funding for ELLs > NYIC Letter to Governor Spitzer Asking Him to Adequately Fund ELLs > Letter Urging Mayor Bloomberg to Include a $20 Million Increase in Funding for ELLs in the Final FY’07 Budget more Reports > Policy Brief- Building ELL Success > School Year Filled With Missed Communication: Despite Chancellor’s Regulation, Immigrant Parents Still Face Language Barriers > So Many Schools, So Few Options: How Mayor Bloomberg’s Small High School Reforms Deny Full Access to English Language Learners > A Bad Start to the School Year more ISSUE AREAS   Civic & Voter Participation   Education   English Language Literacy   Health Access   Housing   Immigration Law   Civil Rights & Liberties   Language Access   Public Benefits   Workers' Issues   Driver's Licenses   Disaster Relief   City & State Budget

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