DN Editorial: Sick of it all
May 23, 2014 – Philadelphia Daily News Editorial – The death of any child is a tragedy. The death of two children who fell ill while at school is unspeakable….
MoreMay 23, 2014 – Philadelphia Daily News Editorial – The death of any child is a tragedy. The death of two children who fell ill while at school is unspeakable….
More…translated trial testimony of named plaintiffs in Issa v. School District of Lancaster, 16-cv-3881 (E.D.Pa. 2016), a case brought by Education Law Center, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and…
More…U.S. from Myanmar, Sudan and other war-torn countries. The American Civil Liberties Union said the Lancaster School District has steered at least 30 students over three years to a disciplinary…
Moreto order the district to admit them and all other similar students to McCaskey High School for the school year that begins Aug. 30. Read the full article at LancasterOnline.com….
Morealleged the district warehoused older refugee students at Phoenix Academy, denying them a “meaningful and equal education” due under federal and state law. Read the full article at LancasterOnline. …
MoreJuly 19, 2016 – by Corey Mitchell – Education Week The American Civil Liberties Union and Education Law Center have filed a lawsuit against the Lancaster, Pa., schools, claiming the…
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…
MoreCommonwealth Court today, seven years after it was filed. The case centers on wide spending gaps among the state’s poorest and wealthiest school districts.” Read this report from WHYY/Keystone Crossroads….
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…Then, in February, the Governor presents his proposal to the General Assembly. The General Assembly makes changes as it sees fit, and eventually adopts a final budget. There are negotiations…
Morethe group POWER last summer – says Pennsylvania’s inequitable school funding isn’t just a matter of low-income versus high-income, but of race. Read the full article at the Reading Eagle….
MoreAugust 7, 2013 – by Christina Samuels – The Pennsylvania-based Education Law Center filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice today, saying that young people with disabilities and…
More…one of a few states that has actually increased the number of students placed in juvenile correctional facilities,” she said. Read the federal guidance. Read the Washington Post article. …
More…Agreement provides supplemental educational services to all students and compensatory education services to students with disabilities who resided in the group home. Read the Settlement Agreement Read the notice to…
More…offer inferior education with curriculum far below grade level, largely ignoring the heightened learning needs of these students. Read our joint release summarizing the report. Read this December 2018 report….
More…career readiness support. Read her testimony here. ELC also joined with partners to submit a formal letter to the committee requesting a separate hearing focused exclusively on EL students. Read…
More…of review used when “considering a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6), i.e., construing the alleged facts in favor of the nonmoving party.” Aichele, 757 F.3d at 358. To survive…
More…Allegheny SD Allegheny $4,825,856 $5,798,821 $972,965 20% $212,620 $355,404 24% 24% 76% 69% Elizabeth Forward SD Allegheny $5,144,066 $5,353,544 $209,478 4% $115,336 $20,497 32% 33% 60% 58% Fox Chapel Area…
More…to ELC’s historic and current work. Most recently, our advocacy efforts have included: establishing fair residency rules for children in foster care or experiencing homelessness; ensuring the full inclusion of…
More…February 2017, the Trump Administration withdrew 2016 guidance from the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice that affirmed Title IX’s protection of transgender students. However, while the 2016 guidance served…
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