…trajectory for the relationships and success they will experience for the rest of their lives, making it crucial that children’s earliest experiences truly foster – and never harm – their…
More…education in Pennsylvania violates the state Constitution. The Petitioners are six school districts, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools, several parents of school-age children, and the Pennsylvania State…
More…or sleeping outdoors or in a public place; or living in a shelter. The law protects youth who have run away from home, been thrown out of their home, been…
More…would also begin to provide schools with much-needed resources and help ensure that all children have access to a quality education no matter where they live. “We urge our state…
More…Families who can afford it – who live in the right zip code – have a choice.” But Cooper argued that the expansion of magnets and charters exacerbate what is…
MoreJan. 20, 2016 – the Philadelphia Public School Notebook – by Michael Churchill, Deborah Gordon Klehr, Susan Spicka Earlier this month, Gov. Wolf approved emergency funding to allow schools to…
More…Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools. The parties claim the state has a school funding system that “does not deliver the essential resources students need and discriminates against children…
MoreMay 25, 2016 – Newsworks WHYY: Keystone Crossroads – by Kevin McCorry Pennsylvania will soon join the overwhelming majority of states that have a student-based formula for distributing state education…
More…devastating impact of these failures in classrooms and in children’s lives. The plaintiffs include: six school districts – William Penn, Panther Valley, Lancaster, Greater Johnstown, Wilkes-Barre Area and Shenandoah Valley…
More…Valley – the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS) and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference. “Pennsylvania’s public school children are entitled to have their day in court. The…
More…of the level of disruptive behavior . . . , lends support for the hypothesis that there is a bias against Black students in [disciplinary referrals].”); Russel J. Skiba &…
More…• with physical risk factors associated with learning or developmental complications; • who live in residential facilities; • who are involved in substantiated cases of child abuse or neglect or…
MoreBACK TO SCHOOL: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS The following is an overview of the enrollment rules and is designed to address common issues faced by parents and relative caregivers. Enrolling Your…
MoreA new report by the Education Law Center – PA This groundbreaking report highlights the voices of Black girls attending public schools and sets forth their recommendations for creating more…
More…right to attend school where you live if certain conditions are met. Most schools have their own form to determine whether the child living with you is eligible to enroll…
More…it overruled “without prejudice, preliminary objections concerning the nature of the constitutional rights at issue and the corresponding level of judicial scrutiny to be applied.” It also deferred ruling on…
More…of seeking partial summary relief on the nature of the constitutional right underlying Petitioners’ equal protection claim and the corresponding level of judicial scrutiny (May 7 Order at 1), any…
More…right to attend school where you live if certain conditions are met. Use this form to determine whether the child living with you is eligible to enroll in the school…
More…Absences, THE NEW REPUBLIC (Mar. 6, 2015), https://newrepublic.com/article/121186/truancy-laws- unfairly-attack-poor-children-and-parents …………………………………………………. 18 DEBORAH FOWLER ET. AL., TEXAS APPLESEED, CLASS, NOT COURT: RECONSIDERING TEXAS’ CRIMINALIZATION OF TRUANCY 14 (2015), https://www.texasappleseed.org/sites/default/files/TruancyReport_ All_FINAL_SinglePages.pdf ……………………………………………………………..passim…
MoreMay 16, 2014 – by William Bender and Solomon Leach, Philadelphia Daily News – Fifth-graders have been sent to kindergarten. An eighth-grader was banished to first grade. Draconian “behavior contracts”…
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