…accepting applications for enrollment to Head Start for September 2015. Below is the list of locations that currently have vacancies and two flyers that have registration dates at McMichael and…
Moreproblems that their children experience in school, and can advocate for improvements in local and state education policy and law; and • Community organizations and grassroots advocates are supported in…
Morehttps://www.jjeducationblueprint.org. http://fostercareandeducation.org/ https://www.jjeducationblueprint.org/ In response to data demonstrating significant disproportionality based on race and disability and research establishing its substantial deleterious impact on students, the U.S. Departments of Education and…
Moreacademic success later in life. 2 Recent data indicate that African-American boys make up 18% of preschool enrollment, but 48% of preschoolers suspended more than once. Hispanic and African-American boys…
Moreyour rights as a student with a disability, see Education Law Center’s publication, The Right to Special Education in Pennsylvania: A Guide for Parents and Advocates available at http://www. elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ELC_Right_to_SpecialEducation_revisedlinks_March2014.pdf….
Moreyour rights as a student with a disability, see Education Law Center’s publication, The Right to Special Education in Pennsylvania: A Guide for Parents and Advocates available at http://www. elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ELC_Right_to_SpecialEducation_revisedlinks_March2014.pdf….
Morequestions of local and statewide taxation, fiscal planning and education policy” and thus was “an inappropriate cause in which to invoke ‘strict scrutiny’” determining that “[t]his case is more directly…
MoreOfficers Chair Judith L. Lichtman National Partnership for Women & Families Vice Chairs Jacqueline Pata National Congress of American Indians Thomas A. Saenz Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund…
Moreother private educational service organizations that are not accountable to the public for their decisions and results. Whereas traditional public education entities have strict requirements for public meetings, transparency, governance,…
Morethe fig leaf of helping children with disabilities to introduce vouchers, we expect it to be substantially similar to HB 1717. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2017/03/jeb_bush_foundation_staffers_trump_education_department.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2017/03/jeb_bush_foundation_staffers_trump_education_department.html http://www.excelined.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Education-Savings-Account-Act-Students-w-Disabilities-Model-Legislation-12.20141.pdf http://www.excelined.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Education-Savings-Account-Act-Students-w-Disabilities-Model-Legislation-12.20141.pdf http://www.excelined.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Education-Savings-Account-Act-Students-w-Disabilities-Model-Legislation-12.20141.pdf 2 received a voucher…
MoreDelaware, Lehigh, Montgomery and Northampton counties) Pennsylvania’s McKinney-Vento State Coordinator Storm Camara can be reached at 717 772-2066 or sca[email protected]. http://www.education.pa.gov/Documents/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Dispute%20Letter%20English.pdf http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-1.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-2.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-3.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-4.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-5.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-6.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-7.aspx http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Homeless%20Education/Pages/Region-8.aspx mailto:sca[email protected]…
MoreELC recently won a case that clarifies for the first time the responsibility of the PA Department of Education to provide transportation to children who are eligible for early intervention…
More…and other topics · Professional development, technical assistance and informational materials for staff. OCDEL Bureaus of Certification, Early Intervention, Early Learning, and Subsidized Child Care Services will provide program-specific guidance…
Morenow, but education advocates say the bill doesn’t fix the problem. House Bill 97 could be the first major reform of the state’s charter-school law since it was enacted 20…
Moretimes the rate of nondisabled white students. While the decrease in suspensions in the Philadelphia schools is significant, Klehr said, the punishments still target a disproportionate number of African Americans…
More…Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC) of Thomas Jefferson University, Alissa worked with the Education Law Center through JeffSTARS (Jefferson Service Training in Advocacy for Residents and Students) Advocacy and Community…
More…identified as needing to be evaluated under this eligibility criterion for special education services. The classification “other health impairment” under the IDEA regulations is a catch-all category for eligibility and…
Morenot around, who are sexually or physically abused at home, who are carrying a gun not because they plan to use it, but because they fear for their safety on…
MoreHigher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act of 2015 Sponsored by U.S. Senator Patty Murray For many Americans, higher education can be a ticket to the…
More…really can flourish with appropriate educational support. She had tremendous compassion for her clients, and when she took on a case, the client understood that she/he now had an ally…
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