Parents and a community organization in Chester Upland School District have filed an emergency motion to suspend a process to outsource the entire district’s operations and schools to charter operators….
MoreDespite prohibiting the suspension of Kindergarten students, the School District of Philadelphia continues to suspend students in first through fifth grades at alarming rates. According to Pennsylvania’s most recent Safe…
MoreBut a few have chosen to help with some of the worst. Parents of public school students can call the The School Discipline Advocacy Service which pairs law students from…
More…to homelessness. Nationally, 25% of unaccompanied youth reported prior familial homelessness, and one-third had faced the death of a https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/2015%20National%20GLSEN%202015%20National%20School%20Climate%20Survey%20%28NSCS%29%20-%20Full%20Report_0.pdf https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/2015%20National%20GLSEN%202015%20National%20School%20Climate%20Survey%20%28NSCS%29%20-%20Full%20Report_0.pdf Voices of Youth Count: Missed Educational Opportunities 2 caregiver…
Moreare their first line of support.” Many nurses divide their time between several schools. Peiffer said just 45 percent of Pennsylvania schools have a certified school nurse on site all…
More…Carbon County, Greater Johnstown School District, Shenandoah Valley School District in Schuylkill County and the Wilkes-Barre School District have long struggled with the fallout from the state’s education funding debacle….
Moreof six school districts that filed the suit against the governor, the secretary of education, legislative leaders and the State Board of Education last fall. Seven parents and two advocacy…
MoreGeneral Assembly. In November, six school districts, parents of schoolchildren, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools and the state conference of the NAACP filed a lawsuit asking the…
MoreMay 20, 2015 – Kristen A. Graham, The Philadelphia Inquirer – Contending that Pennsylvania’s method of school funding is broken, lawyers representing a group of parents, school districts, and statewide…
Moreschool, at a school-sponsored event or traveling to or from school.” While criminal charges still may be filed, they would not be mandated. Ms. Allen said, “We’re working to try…
Morestate, school district, and school level. The Campaign further recommends that PDE be given sufficient resources to implement the accountability system, including the resources and tools necessary to support schools’…
Morehas focused on the School District of Philadelphia. We write today to address concerns about Philadelphia’s charter school sector, which is easily the second largest constellation of schools in the…
MoreArea School District in Luzerne County, Shenandoah Valley School District in Schuylkill County and Panther Valley School District in Carbon County are plaintiffs in the lawsuit seeking court action to…
MoreK-12 education a year. Parents, including two from the Philadelphia School District, and districts including the William Penn system in Delaware County filed the suit last fall, saying state officials…
MoreMay 20, 2015 – David Limm, Philadelphia Public School Notebook – Several school districts, parents, and groups have taken a lawsuit alleging Pennsylvania’s school funding system to be unconstitutional to…
MorePSSA and the Keystone Algebra I and the science tests – both the PSSA and the Biology. Unfortunately, due to budget cuts in the School District, accommodations are rarely available….
More©2015 Education Law Center Charter School Equity Pledge As charter school operators, we believe all kinds of students in our communities should be empowered with public school choice, including but…
Moreimpacting the district’s ability to provide these needed services. Reynelle Brown Staley testifying at the Philadelphia School Board Action meeting. View ELC’s full testimony here: October 2018 School Board Testimony….
Moretheir children to new schools but the District refused. Instead, the District prosecuted several students and parents in Truancy Court in response to their school aversion. “Many of these children,…
Moredeprivations of a free, appropriate public education stemming from COVID school closures. Both PDE and the U.S. Department of Education have made clear that when schools closed, school districts were…
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