Nov. 10, 2014 – Today six school districts, seven parents, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS) and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference filed a lawsuit in Commonwealth…
Moreacademic standards and thrive in today’s world. The Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia and the Education Law Center-PA are representing the petitioners. After the order was issued, lawyers for…
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…
More…money-hungry school districts argued today before the Commonwealth Court at Harrisburg. “We argued today in court the schoolchildren of Pennsylvania have an enforceable right to be heard,” said Maura McInerney,…
More…the evidence, 8, Aug. 15, 2014 [2] See http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/news_and_media/7234/p/1237291 [3] See American Institutes for Research, Educational equity, adequacy, and equal opportunity in the Commonwealth: An Evaluation of Pennsylvania’s School Finance…
More…can be protected from discrimination, in compliance with federal laws. We write to underscore the importance of maintaining essential regulations and guidance that instruct and support schools to reduce the…
More…“empirical research” establishes that “an adequate and equitable school funding system produces improvements in school outcomes.” In fact, there is significant empirical research showing no 32 strong correlation between increased…
More…greater account factors such as poverty and numbers of non-English-speaking students, in an effort to close the nation’s biggest spending gap between richer and poorer districts. The formula recommended by…
More…with disabilities, English learners, and students of color. ELC’s analysis focuses on the city’s “traditional charters” – excluding cyber schools and charter schools that are converted former district neighborhood schools….
Moreschool. A person is legally considered “limited English proficient” if the person’s primary language or languages are not English, and they do not read, speak, write, or understand English well….
More…from discrimination based on immigration and/or English Language Learner status Students have the right to enroll in public school regardless of immigration or citizenship status. Students who are English Language…
More…co-constructing solutions. 1. English Learners Work Group: I want to start by recognizing and appreciating the District’s work over the past year to listen to the needs of English learners…
More…March 15, 2021. Welcoming Schools Campaign Student Surveys English: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-English Spanish: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Spanish Mandarin Chinese: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Chinese Vietnamese: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Vietnamese Arabic: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Arabic Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-HaitianCreole Somali: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Somali Welcoming Schools Campaign Parent Surveys English: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-English Spanish: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Spanish Mandarin Chinese: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Chinese Vietnamese: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Vietnamese Arabic: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Arabic Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-HaitianCreole…
MoreJuly 19, 2016 – by Colin Deppen – PennLive The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed suit against a Lancaster school district arguing that the district has denied refugee…
MoreJuly 19, 2016 – by Kara Newhouse – LancasterOnline.com Some of the neediest students are being turned away at the doors of Lancaster city schools, a group claims in their…
More…without disruption of the critical special education services to which they are legally entitled. However, the District has failed to meet these requirements and ELC has asked PDE’s Bureau of…
More…the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette covering the Pittsburgh Public Schools’ effort to decrease the use of exclusionary discipline and increase protections and supports for LGBTQ students, parenting students, and English language learners….
More…provides suggestions on how to better serve and meet the needs of young children experiencing homelessness, children in foster care, and children and families with limited English proficiency. Our comments…
More…that we locally can play a bigger role in affecting,” she said. Staley noted that meeting the educational needs of the district’s most underserved students – including English learners and…
MoreThe LeGare process, established through a case filed by ELC, is intended to provide an equal opportunity for Philadelphia special education and English-learner students to get accepted to the city’s…
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