academic 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…
MoreNov. 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…
More…receive an appropriate and adequate program of language instruction, including assignment to the International School if appropriate, ESL instruction, modifications in the delivery of instruction and testing to facilitate their…
MorePrevention Report to State Roundtable (2013) at p. 5, available at http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/assets/upload/Resources/Documents/2013%20State%20RT%20report%20on%20Educat ional%20Success%20and%20Truancy%20Prevention(9).pdf (Of 42 counties surveyed, nearly 80%reported that children living in congregate care settings with on-site schools “sometimes”…
More…on the most at risk students, including students with disabilities. Thank you for the opportunity to present public testimony today and for the Council’s good work on behalf of individuals…
More…LLP 1625 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 Brad M. Elias (pro hac vice) O’Melveny & Myers, LLP 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036 Telephone: (212) 326-2000 Counsel for…
More…legal director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania, which filed the suit along with the Education Law Center and others. Read the rest of the article in the New York Times….
MoreDepression and Suicide in Transgender Youths, UT NEWS (Mar. 20, 2018), https://news.utexas.edu/2018/03/30/name-use-matters-for-transgender-youths-mental-health/ (reporting transgender youth whose pronouns and names are respected have depression and suicidality rates that are much lower…
More…workbook). 15 See 20 U.S.C. 1232d(b)(3)(E); 34 CFR §§ 300.149, 300.600(e). 16 24 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 1-122 (West). https://elc365-my.sharepoint.com/personal/tvonoehsen_elc-pa_org/Documents/Education%20Law%20Center/Special%20Education%20Report/elc-pa.org/contact https://www.bls.gov/news.release/disabl.nr0.htm https://www.marketplace.org/2017/07/14/economy/what-unemployed-look Governors Letter – Special Education Report.pdf FROM: The…
More…cuts made under former Gov. Tom Corbett. Wolf and state lawmakers resumed talks on the budget at 2 p.m. today, the Associated Press reported. Read the article on Phillymag.com: http://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/07/01/gop-school-funding-philadelphia/…
MoreNov. 11, 2014 – By Robert Swift, Scranton Times-Tribune – A Wilkes-Barre mother joined school districts and advocacy groups Monday in a lawsuit calling for an end to sharp inequities…
MoreNov. 15, 2014 – Editorial, Delaware County Daily Times – It is an unfair, unlevel playing field. That’s not especially new. Even outgoing Gov. Tom Corbett, who became the poster…
More…placed multiple former staffers at the Devos-led Department of Education. See Alyson Klein, Former Jeb Bush Foundation Staffers Working at Trump’s Ed. Dept., Education Week, Mar. 9, 2017, http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k- 12/2017/03/jeb_bush_foundation_staffers_trump_education_department.html;…
Morea privately-run alternative school, Phoenix Academy, and instead requires placement in a specially-designed “Newcomer Program” at the main high school, McCaskey. “Today’s agreement extends the guarantee of a strong and…
MoreIn an opinion released today, the Commonwealth Court overruled various preliminary objections to the Pennsylvania school funding lawsuit. In a victory for students across Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth Court today overruled…
MoreOct. 20, 2016 – The Philadelphia Public School Notebook – by Bill Hangley, Jr. This year brought some good news for Katie Christ. “I finally got textbooks!” That’s a welcome…
More15 cyber charters already operating in the state, the Philadelphia-based nonprofit called for a one-year moratorium on new ones. Cyber charters enroll 35,000 students statewide. Read the full story: http://articles.philly.com/2013-11-23/news/44368264_1_regular-charter-schools-cyber-dorothy-june-brown…
MoreHe is proposing a plan that would drastically reduce the amount the district pays for charter special education students. By Kevin McCorry of NewsWorks and Dale Mezzacappa on Aug 18,…
MoreA new report by the Education Law Center, citing widespread noncompliance by charter schools with civil rights protections for students, urges Philadelphia’s Board of Education to monitor the city’s charter…
MorePa Funding Lawsuit edfundinglawsuit.wordpress.com November 10, 2014 Executive Summary Lawsuit: Pennsylvania School Funding Unconstitutional Six school districts from across the Commonwealth, an association of 150 rural and small schools, as…
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