…those in Philadelphia, say the new protocol could spell disaster for the nation’s most vulnerable students. “If they’re not going to look at patterns the way you would normally investigate…
More…Report and Recommendations to the Pennsylvania State Roundtable is available at http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/assets/files/page-331/file-600.pdf. 2 See Legal Center for Foster Care and Education website at www.fostercareandeducation.org 3 See National Working Group on…
More…Instead, we suggest you look beyond the assessment tools that are “commonly used,”1 and provide an opportunity for broader public comment to inform Pennsylvania’s eligibility policy and practices. We particularly…
More…can you do to help? Call your Representative and Senators and urge them to co-sponsor or support the bill. You can look up your Represenentative and Senators here. …
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…
More…looking at what this sector is doing, and whether or not it’s a good thing to have it expanding.” It’s a delicate moment for PCE and Kagan: Hired by PCE’s…
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…their ZIP code. We look forward to presenting our case to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on September 13, 2016.” ### The Education Law Center-PA (“ELC”) is a non-profit, legal advocacy…
More…look forward to continued collaboration. Please do not hesitate to contact Diane Smith Howard at [email protected] with any questions about this letter, or to organize additional meetings to discuss this…
More…Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth who are Neglected, Delinquent, or At Risk, 4 (August 2011), http://www.neglected-delinquent.org/sites/default/files/docs/ELLFactSheet.pdf.] [13: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Youth’s…
More…At Risk, 4 (August 2011), http://www.neglected-delinquent.org/sites/default/files/docs/ELLFactSheet.pdf. 13 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Youth’s Characteristics and Backgrounds, Juvenile Justice Bulletin, 6 (December 2010), https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/227730.pdf. http://helpinggangyouth.homestead.com/disability-best_corrections_survey.pdf http://www.neglected-delinquent.org/sites/default/files/docs/ELLFactSheet.pdf https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/227730.pdf 12 culminates…
More…officials apply the law according to its purposes in an effort to avoid the imposition of punitive consequences like fines and jail. “We look forward to working with partners and…
More…environment, especially at critical developmental stages. It’s little surprise that we continue to struggle to close the racial achievement gap when we look at how frequently young students of color…
More…the early elementary grades even further. We look forward to partnering with the District and the SRC to help it follow through on its stated commitment to end this harmful…
More…addition, state funding MUST be driven out to districts using a formula that is based on the real costs of delivering services to students. WHAT: School Funding Call to Action…
More…all tracked ethnic subgroups. ELC’s Recommendations: (1) We need a statewide funding formula that drives additional resources to support ELL students. Schools struggle to effectively serve ELL students and there…
More…with a government commission charged with recommending a school funding formula. The school districts bringing the lawsuit are William Penn School District in southeastern Pennsylvania, the School District of Lancaster,…
More…our children.” Sheridan said Wolf was also committed to working with the education funding commission and the legislature “to come up with a fair funding formula that provides state funding…
More…in education, and children attending well-resourced schools perform better. Pennsylvania is one of only three states that creates budgets without using a statewide education funding formula. As a result, the…
More…schools.While Pennsylvania passed a statewide funding formula to more equitably distribute funds across school districts, the current budget will prevent schools from making important long-term investments to improve student performance…
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