Advocates for Children Podcast

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For more than 50 years, Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) has fought for an equitable and inclusive school system where every student receives the education they need to thrive. We work one-on-one with NYC families and students fighting to protect their education rights, while also pushing for systemic reforms that can benefit all students. The AFC Podcast brings listeners inside the issues we help families navigate every day, with conversations that feature advocates, experts, policymakers, educators, and the people most directly affected. Tune in to learn about the complex issues that shape our education system, explained by the people who know them best. To learn more about AFC’s work, visit www.advocatesforchildren.org.

Recent Episodes

SEP 16, 2026

Episode 1: What Happens When the Bus Doesn't Show Up?

For our first episode, we talked about one of the thorniest start-of-the-school-year issues: school busing. Every year, AFC hears from families who were never assigned a bus route, for whom the bus doesn't show up on time, or whose student is spending hours longer on the bus than they should. So, we asked AFC advocates: what should families know when school transportation isn't working, and what can we do to fix it? We talk to AFC advocate Anna Brehm about some of the most common schoo...

24 MIN