Students, educators, advocates, and researchers testified to Pennsylvania House Education Committee Members on Aug. 22 about the importance of school libraries for student achievement. Members of the committee also heard testimony on the results of a 2011 study by the State Board of Education assessing Pennsylvania’s public school libraries.
Month: August 2013
Our View: Fix state’s broken education system
August 23, 2013 – Carlisle Sentinel Editorial –
It’s no surprise that a Sentinel story about No Child Left Behind waivers turned into a larger discussion about Pennsylvania’s funding of public schools. Continue reading
Pa. Group Alleges Discrimination in Alternative-School Placements
August 7, 2013 – by Christina Samuels –
The Pennsylvania-based Education Law Center filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice today, saying that young people with disabilities and black students are being placed in alternative schools far out of proportion to their representation in the school population.
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http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2013/08/pa_advocacy_group_alleges_disc.html?cmp=SOC-SHR-FB
Law Center to Feds: Investigate Discrimination in PA’s Alternative Ed Programs
August 7, 2013 – The Education Law Center today filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice seeking an investigation into discriminatory placement of students in Pennsylvania’s Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth programs. Continue reading