…said in a statement. “Given today’s economic and political environment, we decided to work together to get something positive done.” Hughes said the budget plan steered closer to the governor’s…
More…our public schools,” said Deborah Gordon Klehr, Executive Director of the Education Law Center. “Today we asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to give us the opportunity to make the case…
MoreFeb. 7, 2017 Deborah Gordon Klehr, Executive Director of the Education Law Center, issued this statement following Governor Tom Wolf’s budget address today: “Governor Wolf’s proposed increase in state funding…
More…this vulnerable student cohort, teachers need training and support to modify instructional methods, implement effective instructional programs across content areas and become culturally competent and trauma informed. 8 By focusing…
More…Center released a report today highlighting how persistent state underfunding of schools has entrenched widespread inequities and inequalities, particularly in schools that serve lower-income families and large numbers of students…
MoreMay 2, 2017 – The Incline – by Sarah Anne Hughes A pencil is not a weapon inside a Pittsburgh public school. That’s the crux of an Allegheny County Court…
More…TODAY’S SPONSOR: A new funding formula, one that takes into account poverty levels, has been put in place. But because it applies only to new funding, its impact will be…
More…Court Judge Edward G. Smith today signed a consent decree requiring the district to educate immigrant students in its main high school, McCaskey. The class-action lawsuit, initiated on behalf of…
MoreFebruary 6, 2018 Statement on Governor Wolf’s Budget Address Deborah Gordon Klehr, executive director of the Education Law Center, issued this statement following Governor Tom Wolf’s budget address today: “We…
More…in community infrastructure; issuing $100 million in bonds to make energy efficient infrastructure improvements to branch libraries, police stations, fire houses and other city properties; and an additional $26 million…
MoreFebruary 15, 2018 To the members of the School Reform Commission, The Education Law Center is a nonprofit legal advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all Pennsylvania’s children have access…
More…services; financial assistance, e.g., unemployment benefits and public assistance; and public infrastructure, such as road maintenance, availability of utilities and other matters. 22 Nonetheless, strict scrutiny is not applied in…
More…the Education Law Center, released the following statement today in response to the Pennsylvania General Assembly’s proposed 2018‐19 state budget: The Pennsylvania General Assembly has sent Governor Tom Wolf a…
More…Commission today in its final meeting formally adopted an important change in the School District’s student conduct and discipline policy, extending the existing ban on out-of-school suspensions of kindergartners to…
More…needs came in a brief and affidavits filed in the case today by attorneys from the Education Law Center, the Public Interest Law Center, and O’Melveny & Myers LLP, refuting…
More…in Senator Scarnati’s Reply to Petitioners’ Opposition to Application in the Nature of a Motion to Dismiss for Mootness, filed today, August 3, 2018. DILWORTH PAXSON LLP By: /s/ Patrick…
MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 21, 2018 Contact: Paul Socolar, Education Law Center, 215-906-1250, [email protected] Jonathan McJunkin, Public Interest Law Center, 267-546-1305, [email protected] In victory for students, Court rules that Pa….
MoreNAACP, PairUP Society, and Bucks County Families File Federal Civil Rights Complaint Challenging Discriminatory School Policies November 15, 2023 – Several Bucks County families have joined with civil rights and…
MoreJuly 19, 2016 LANCASTER, PA – The ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Education Law Center, and pro bono counsel Pepper Hamilton LLP filed a federal lawsuit today alleging that the School…
MoreJune 30, 2017 PHILADELPHIA, PA – Deborah Gordon Klehr, Executive Director of the Education Law Center, released the following statement today in response to the Pennsylvania General Assembly’s proposed 2017-18…
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