Education

“Every year we go through this”

Thank You To Our Advocates

  As you know, state leaders finalized and adopted the State Budget for Fiscal Year 2019-2020 over the weekend. Our advocates who made trips to Albany to meet with legislators, who made phone calls or wrote letters made an impact on behalf of New …

School Chancellor Addresses Pre-K Teacher Pay Disparity

Citizens’ Committee for Children has something to show about pay disparities in early childhood education.

Pre-K Teachers Weigh Strike As Pay Disparity Persists

Equal Start for Children Begins with Equal Pay for their Teachers

The expansion of Universal Pre-K has been the cornerstone of Mayor de Blasio’s early education efforts.  Enrollment in Universal Pre-K for 4-year-olds is up over 350 percent since the mayor took office, and 94 percent of Universal Pre-K classrooms are …