…“adopted an irrational school funding system that does not deliver the essential resources students need and discriminates against children based on where they live and the wealth of their communities.”…
More— ensuring that all students are in school, actively learning and successful. Irrefutable evidence shows that students with disabilities and students of color are excluded from the classroom more frequently…
Moreof students in a district; rather, it takes into account the complex web of student and community needs to determine how much funding districts need. Effective formulas have two basic…
MoreConnecting Today … Transforming Tomorrow www.fostercarealumni.org Corporate Headquarters: 5810 Kingstowne Center Dr. Suite 120-730 Alexandria, VA 22315 Phone: 703-299-6767 Toll Free: 888-ALUMNI-(0) October 11, 2018 Dear Members of the Pennsylvania…
More…court March 7 Commonwealth Court to hear oral argument en banc in Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa . – Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court will hear oral arguments next Wednesday in a landmark lawsuit…
Moreto only 11.6% of students without disabilities; and 18.6% of Black students with disabilities received “any out of school suspension,” as compared to only 10.8% of white http://www.nbcdi.org/whats-wrong-criminalizing-our-early-learners https://edsource.org/2015/study-suspensions-harm-well-behaved-kids/72501 https://edsource.org/2015/study-suspensions-harm-well-behaved-kids/72501…
More…servicios ofrece el Centro? Ofrecemos muchas publicaciones sobre los derechos de los estudiantes dentro del sistema de educación pública y sobre cómo resolver varios tipos de problemas. Puede llamarnos para…
MoreCommonwealth Court Refuses to Review Whether School Funding Complies with State Constitution Harrisburg, Pa. – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania today issued an order in the lawsuit challenging the state’s…
More…members of other at risk student populations. These include students involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, pregnant and parenting students, students experiencing homelessness and English language learners….
More…that they underserve “vulnerable students.” http://thenotebook.org/december-2014/147977/state-needs-rational-fix-its-method-funding-charter-students-disabilities http://www.pccy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CharterRenewalDocsCombined1-2013.pdf http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/homepage-feature/item/80533-beyond-failing-schools-the-difficulty-of-fairly-comparing-public-schools-on-an-uneven-playing-field?linktype=hp_impact What do we know about “performance?” 57.7 63.8 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Average School Performance Profile Average SPPs for…
More…Building in Philadelphia at 5:30 PM. We expect more than 300 attendees to join us, including policy makers, community leaders, business executives, attorneys, advocates, parents, and students. The event is…
More…to provide language assistance to parents and students,” said Maura McInerney, Senior Attorney at Education Law Center. The complaint asks the Court to order the District to provide complete and…
More…state. Outcomes: 83% of students graduate statewide, but only 54% in Reading (a district with 90% student poverty) and 99% in Tredyffrin-Easttown (4% student poverty). 72% of students…
More…(SDOL) has been illegally refusing to enroll older immigrant students with limited English proficiency or diverting them to an inferior, privately operated disciplinary school, rather than allowing them to attend…
More…Application: · Download an application from http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/e/earlychild/forms or · Pick up an application at the School District of Philadelphia Education Center at 440 N. Broad Street BRING Completed Application to:…
Morestate’s school funding system into constitutional compliance, ensuring that all students have the opportunity to access a “comprehensive, effective, and contemporary public education” – the standard set by the court….
Morerecognize students who are experiencing homelessness as McKinney-Vento eligible. In addition, school entities have an additional legal obligation to also proactively identify McKinney-Vento eligible students who have changed school entities…
Morewhere they live. Our leaders are severely shortchanging students in low-wealth school districts across the state, including where most of our Black and Brown students live. It’s wrong, it’s unconstitutional…
More…also make your request by completing this PDF form (download via button below) from the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Office of Dispute Resolution. If you use the PDF form to…
Morein poverty. The result is that these students are often more heavily concentrated in the neighborhood schools operated by the School District of Philadelphia,” said Lapp. Download the complete testimony…
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