…academic achievement; in fact, it may be having the opposite effects.19 In short, even the most simple cost-benefit analysis demonstrates the failure of these approaches. How the “No Child Left…

…legislators looking for a vehicle to rush charter school law changes through the General Assembly. For these reasons and the reasons below, the charter legislation should be removed these bills….

…can be best communicated to school administrators and teachers. • Increase program monitoring. Ensure the state has sufficient staffing, resources, and leadership to implement thorough school district audits and evaluations…

…all students in Pennsylvania – especially in the face of an administration that is refusing to enforce them.” Read our December 18, 2018 statement on the discipline guidance here. https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Statement-on-School-Safety-Commission-Recommendation-to-Rescind-Federal-Discipline-Guidance.pdf…

…19 Fogleman v. Mercy Hosp., Inc., 283 F.3d 561 (3d Cir. 2002) ……………………………………………………………………. 16 Foti v. Askinas, 639 A.2d 807 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1994) ……………………………………………………………. 6 Gaudino v. Stroudsburg Area…

…of transgender students to be free from discrimination and to be affirmed in their gender identities in public schools.1 The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) recently clarified that, while not…

…• Further disenfranchises families and communities by transferring up to 15 Philadelphia schools from one majority state-controlled entity (School Reform Commission) to a different entirely state-controlled entity (Pennsylvania Department of…

August 11, 2016 School Reform Commission School District of Philadelphia 440 North Broad, Suite 101 Philadelphia, PA 19130 Dear Chairperson Marjorie G. Neff and Commissioners, Every year in Philadelphia, too…