“Not only has Pennsylvania’s new school-funding formula failed to remedy disparities between wealthy and poor public school districts, the spending gap between such districts has grown, according to a filing…
Morethem transition from school to post-school-life. ELC highlighted the need for additional transitional training and support services for Philadelphia schoolchildren with disabilities and highlighted the role of inadequate state funding…
Morechild’s education and future. Moving through these four steps will help you enroll your child in a public school (including a charter school and cyber charter school) as soon as…
More…woefully underfunding our schools, in violation of the Pennsylvania constitution,” said executive director Deborah Gordon Klehr in a statement. Philadelphia School Advocacy Partners executive director Mike Wang offered a more…
Moreschools in the state. And perhaps he would have considered that the intent of Pennsylvania’s charter school law is to create additional choices to our school district schools, not to…
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…
MoreFairness in Charter School Discipline What do we know: Charter schools are subject to the same federal and state laws and regulations surrounding school discipline as district schools …
MoreApril 30, 2019 Superintendent Gregory Frigoletto Wayne Highlands School District 474 Grove Street Honesdale, PA 18431 Re: Rights of Transgender Students Dear Mr. Frigoletto: As education advocates, we write to…
More…school shootings that result in an increase in police presence in schools or calls to make our schools look and feel more like prisons. Recent history has taught us this…
MoreAugust 22, 2016 We commend the School Reform Commission for restricting the use of suspensions against Kindergarten students and for adopting a revised dress code policy that removes subjective language…
Morecommunities with the funding needed to have a quality education? Money matters to student achievement. Test scores and graduation rates in high-spending school districts are much higher than in low-spending…
Morestudents in many schools. In particular, this year we are hearing about reductions in ESL support at schools with high EL populations and the absence of daily ESL instruction for…
Morethe district’s regular high school. The plaintiffs include six refugees aged 17-21 from Somalia, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Burma who have fled war, violence, and persecution in their…
Moredaughter’s high school psychologist, a meeting that took place entirely in English. Expecting to talk about her daughter’s ADHD, what she found out instead was that the re-evaluation classified her…
More…sponsoring organization of the Pre-K for PA 1 The Proposed Announcement adopts the definition of “suspension” and “expulsion” from Pennsylvania’s school code, applicable to school-age students. 22 Pa. Code Chapter…
More…points out that the money sent by Chester-Upland School District to charters for special-ed is “disproportionately higher than any other school district sending students to the same schools.” “This is…
More…schools, and other extreme school discipline practices lead to high rates of suspensions, expulsions, and arrests of students. As a result, large numbers of youth are pushed out of school…
More…student athletes’ participation in middle and high school athletics violate both state and federal law. The ACLU of Pennsylvania, Fairness Pennsylvania, GLSEN, Planned Parenthood Association of Pennsylvania, and Public Education…
MorePennsylvania Commonwealth Court will hear oral arguments next Wednesday in a landmark lawsuit challenging inequitable and inadequate school funding in Pennsylvania. Attorneys from the Education Law Center and the Public…
More2014. The new policy will go into effect when school resumes later in the month. The Law Center worked with parents, students, and community advocates to recommend the new policies…
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