Photos from the Education Law Center’s 2013 Annual Event, featuring renowned civil rights attorney Morris Dees and honoring education advocates Barbara Minzenberg and members of the Philadelphia Student Union.
Photography by Peter Tobia.
Month: October 2013
Op/Ed: Lessons from Coatesville
October 22, 2013 – by Solomon Hunter and Rhonda Brownstein –
When one or two individuals in an organization blatantly act out in discriminatory ways, it’s easy to imagine that dealing with those individuals, primarily by removing them from the organization, solves the problem. Continue reading
Coatesville parents, residents tell NAACP of district bias
October 17, 2013 – by Michaelle Bond, Inquirer Staff Writer –
Parents and residents of the Coatesville Area School District testified at an NAACP public hearing Tuesday that the district had shown a pattern of discrimination against certain types of students over the years.
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http://articles.philly.com/2013-10-17/news/43110099_1_state-naacp-minority-students-safiya-edwards
Trying to live up to special-ed law amid the Philly school budget crisis
October 16, 2013 – by Kevin McCorry –
The Philadelphia School District has at least 20,000 evaluated special-needs students. Each year, the district pays millions in legal fees and lawsuit settlements based on its failure, both proven and alleged, to meet their needs. This year, due to budget cuts, the district shed close to 3,000 staff members.
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https://whyy.org/articles/trying-to-live-up-to-special-ed-law-amid-the-philly-school-budget-crisis/
At symposium, a call for state education funding formula
October 10, 2013 – by Martha Woodall, Inquirer Staff Writer –
If the Pennsylvania Legislature had not scrapped a statewide education-funding formula in 2011 it had approved three years earlier, the Philadelphia School District would have received $360 million more in state aid this year and would not be in a fiscal crisis now, an expert said Wednesday.
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http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20131010_At_symposium__a_call_for_more_state_education_funding.html
Pa. advocates gear up for education funding push
October 01, 2013 – by Susan Snyder, Inquirer Staff Writer –
Its music program was eliminated, 12 percent of its teaching force laid off, and its junior high sports program was slashed. “Cuts at the state level just kill us,” said Jim Duffy, superintendent of the Fannett-Metal School District, a small system in south-central Pennsylvania.
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http://articles.philly.com/2013-10-01/news/42539843_1_districts-school-funding-chief-education-officer