Every Student Every Day Response
campaign features new federal guidance and a toolkit that seeks to raise awareness about chronic absenteeism and to provide local schools, providers, and advocates with the access to crucial research,…
Morecampaign features new federal guidance and a toolkit that seeks to raise awareness about chronic absenteeism and to provide local schools, providers, and advocates with the access to crucial research,…
MoreEvery Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Through these comments, we highlight the critical need for greater accountability of schools serving educationally at risk students, especially students experiencing homelessness, students in foster…
Morecalled for in a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) study, and many states have already undertaken critical efforts to comply with the regulation in the best interest of children. While…
Morechild’s right to receive mandated services during this critical transition, and if so, to issue compensatory education to make up for lost services. At ELC’s urging through a Request for…
More…students. That’s why it is so critical that the PHRA is available as a tool to root out discriminatory pervasive bullying.” Catherine Reisman, counsel for the Council of Parent Attorneys…
Morebecause of his race and nonconformance with gender stereotypes; the school failed to intervene and allowed the bullying to escalate from verbal harassment, to multiple physical assaults, and, ultimately, to…
Morealso requested further corrective action. “The Department’s decision represents an important first step towards ensuring that all young children with disabilities receive the critical special education services they need from…
Moreby classmates, causing a concussion, and repeatedly called derogatory names like “retard” and “dumb.” Another nine-year-old child was repeatedly called “idiot” and “stupid” by her classmates, who told her they…
Morewithout disruption of the critical special education services to which they are legally entitled. However, the District has failed to meet these requirements and ELC has asked PDE’s Bureau of…
More…roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=106&session=2&vote=00136 14 http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/ roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2& 15 http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/ roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00350 16 155 Cong. Rec. S10,669 (daily ed. Oct. 22, 2009). 17 155 Cong. Rec. S7673-74 (daily ed. July 20, 2009). 18https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/jeff-sessions-says-he-handled-these-civil-rights-cases-he-barely- touched-them/2017/01/03/4ddfffa6-d0fa-11e6-a783-cd3fa950f2fd_story.html?utm_term=.f09e50846bba 19…
Moreprovide high quality legal services on issues of public education to parents, students, and community advocates across Pennsylvania. This position is to be filled as soon as possible. Click here…
Morenon-profit, legal advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all children in Pennsylvania have access to a quality public education. ELC works to ensure that all children in Pennsylvania have access…
More…collaboration with our Philadelphia office, to provide high quality legal services on issues of public education to parents, students, and community advocates across Pennsylvania. Qualifications: The Program Administrative Coordinator must:…
More$400 million increase in basic education funding as well as an increase in special education and early education funding as a down payment to restore critical services to students.” …
More…200 people Wednesday night at the August Wilson Center. She was invited by the Education Law Center, A+ Schools and other advocacy groups to speak about her new book, “Pushout:…
Moreis a critical issue for students with disabilities who have been deeply impacted by significant underfunding for many years. If you are involved with an organization that would be interested…
Moreto suspend the charter school law to impose caps on charter school enrollment: “The Education Law Center was not a party to the litigation, but the case highlights the dire…
More…affects students across Pennsylvania. They are being represented by education advocacy groups, including the Education Law Center, that recognize that the constitutional rights of Pennsylvania’s schoolchildren can no longer be…
Moreadvocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all children in Pennsylvania have access to a quality public education. Through legal representation, impact litigation, trainings, and policy advocacy, ELC advances the rights…
Morefor the next fiscal year proposed by the Governor would allow school districts to begin to restore critical programs and supports – including addressing curriculum deficiencies, providing remedial help, updated…
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