…district barred English-language-learner refugee students from attending traditional high schools because of their age. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the suit alleges that…
More…half a million dollars, less than 1 percent of its $208 million annual budget, as a result of the lawsuit, according to school officials. Read the full article at Newsworks…
More…provides suggestions on how to better serve and meet the needs of young children experiencing homelessness, children in foster care, and children and families with limited English proficiency. Our comments…
More…nominating panel and the mayor to urge them to prioritize five commitments that we see as key to the success of this new board. Click here to read the letter….
Morediscuss the latest updates from Harrisburg. While school funding issues impact all children, we hope this forum will kick-start a dialogue on what school funding means for the most at-risk…
More…on the community, students, teachers and the district to help bring the numbers down. Great Public Schools — Pittsburgh, the Education Law Center and the Center for Third World Organizing…
MorePennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference. The Commonwealth Court ruling was the latest in a long line of Pennsylvania state court decisions basically…
MoreApril 21, 2015 – by Solomon Leach, Philadelphia Daily News – COMMONWEALTH Court yesterday dismissed a lawsuit accusing the state of failing to adequately and equitably fund Pennsylvania public schools….
Moreorganization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law. “This latest group of new members exemplifies the diversity in perspective and experience essential…
More…A column about the case by our executive director: On school funding, Pennsylvania is not doing its job. That’s why we’re in court. Opinion (PennLive/Patriot News) By Deborah Gordon Klehr…
More…Commonwealth Court decision was announced last month, the plaintiffs vowed to take it to the top court in the state. In a news release, Jennifer Clarke, executive director of the…
More…Brandon’s art classes and his grades have begun to falter. Tonya worries about how budget cuts will impact all of her children in the district. With crumbling infrastructure, outdated textbooks,…
More…the Commonwealth Court ruled that education funding was a legislative issue and not a legal matter. “This is a question of paramount importance to all Pennsylvanians, and we always knew…
More…state government. And our community has faced some tough economic times. But I also recognized our strengths. I knew we had an incredibly dedicated teaching staff, committed parents and the…
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….
More…Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools. The parties claim the state has a school funding system that “does not deliver the essential resources students need and discriminates against children…
More…Families who can afford it – who live in the right zip code – have a choice.” But Cooper argued that the expansion of magnets and charters exacerbate what is…
More…or other risk factors that could indicate potential developmental delays or disabilities. Each EI program must provide annual public notification, published or announced in newspapers, electronic and other media, or…
More…lawsuit filed on this issue in the past fifteen months, with earlier cases filed against school districts in Utica, New York, and Collier County, Florida. Click here to download a…
More…the Eastern District of New York. She was selected for and served on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Court Procedural Rules Committee and currently serves on the Executive Committee…
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