School-funding system ‘broken,’ Pa. judges hear
…into school systems statewide, and a committee studying what a fair-funding formula would look like for Pennsylvania, one of just three states to lack such a formula. “That’s the way…
More…into school systems statewide, and a committee studying what a fair-funding formula would look like for Pennsylvania, one of just three states to lack such a formula. “That’s the way…
More…districts, with more robust economies, enjoy. Instead they are forced to look to the state to level the playing field. They are still waiting. Actually a few years back, the…
More…and provides sufficient funds to ensure that all children have the opportunity to succeed — no matter where they live. We look forward to seeing the Commission’s proposal soon. CONTACT:…
More…children is meaningless and unenforceable. The Executive Branch and the Legislature have ignored these rights for too long and we look forward to presenting this case to the Court,” continued…
More…will help foster and homeless youth access higher education by downloading this whitepaper. ELC urges you to support the Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act…
More…get him to Kearny, in Northern Liberties, in time for the morning bell. “Look at this,” Klimas says, opening the log she has kept of Danny’s tardy pickups. Except for…
MoreELC Research and Policy Fellow Ian Gavigan’s testimony presented to Philadelphia City Council on the importance of predictable school funding to serve the most at-risk children in the Philadelphia School…
More…in this case. “At a time when research and the national press have singled out Pennsylvania as the state with the most unequal funding in the country, we are disappointed…
More…Pennsylvania’s equal protection clause. “At a time when research and the national press have singled out Pennsylvania as the state with the most unequal funding in the country, we are…
More…consultant for Education First, a policy consulting firm in Seattle. “Ohio has tried to provide some supplemental resources to those areas that don’t have the property wealth,” Mr. DeMaria says….
More…that began organizing young people in Pittsburgh last summer. In a study of 17 middle and high schools in Kentucky published in the “American Sociological Review” in December, researchers found…
More…to PPS. “The new code of student conduct reflects national research and best practices for ensuring that all students receive the supports necessary to succeed in school, and promotes restorative…
More…research to show that zero tolerance policies are ineffective, some educators are rethinking the whys and hows of school discipline. WHYY’s Radio Times talks to Harold Jordan of the ACLU…
More…local school board. There’s nothing preventing the Coatesville school board from doing its own research and investigation into how the District handles alternative education placements — and other decisions that…
More…that students are deprived of basic resources, and our children who need the most continue to get the least.” The lawsuit was filed in 2014 by the Education Law Center…
More…and related services and supplementary aids and services in a child’s IEP be “based on peer-reviewed research to the extent practicable.” The case was argued in front of the Third…
MoreWelcome to ELC’s portal for all things attendance and truancy. Below you’ll find links to information, parent resources, and publications relating to attendance barriers, absenteeism, and the truancy system in…
More…matters, which have consistently recommended against an increase in the number of guns in schools. Other research supports their conclusion. A July 2018 article in the American Journal of Public…
More…(AHAR), 1 (Dec. 2018), https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/2018-AHAR-Part-1.pdf. 7 17. Nationally, nearly 2.5 million young people were identified as experiencing homelessness in 2016.5 In Pennsylvania during the 2016- 2017 academic year, 30,264 children…
More…aid is getting to the districts with the greatest need, and research has shown a disturbing statewide pattern that Pennsylvania districts with larger numbers of African American students receive fewer…
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