“Over more than four weeks of testimony, the landmark trial in the challenge to Pennsylvania’s school-funding system has featured superintendents and teachers from rural, urban, and suburban communities describing cash-strapped…
MoreAn episode of Smart Talk from WITF (Harrisburg) reviews the status of the school funding court case with guests Mallory Falk, WHYY Philadelphia education reporter; Brenda Marrero, executive director, Public…
Morewho do not wish to attend charter schools, and it does not require an evaluation of whether or not a bidder will provide a higher quality education than district schools,…
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…
More…director of After-School All-Stars Philadelphia, providing access to out-of-school time programming to under-resourced schools. As deputy director of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, she led the city’s efforts to…
MoreThe Education Law Center of Pennsylvania and the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia filed suit in Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on November 10, 2014 on behalf of six school districts,…
MoreSchool boards play a pivotal role in shaping the education that public school students receive. School boards are accountable to the residents of the district they serve and who elected…
MoreThe Education Law Center of Pennsylvania and the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia filed suit in Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on November 10, 2014 on behalf of six school districts,…
Morestate, school district, and school level. The Campaign further recommends that PDE be given sufficient resources to implement the accountability system, including the resources and tools necessary to support schools’…
Morewe know that school attendance is a critical issue facing young people and families across the Commonwealth, particularly in school districts facing reductions in resources used to support truancy prevention…
MoreEducation Savings Accounts (ESAs), a new and worse iteration of school vouchers proposed in SB 2, siphon precious taxpayer resources from already financially struggling public schools to private schools and…
More…Legislative respondents continue to oppose the case moving forward; Senator Scarnati filed a brief blaming poor school districts for their own underfunding. Read the joint news release by ELC and…
Morestate legislative leaders and moved our school funding lawsuit closer to trial. Read about the Court’s decision and our next steps for resolving underfunding and gross inequalities in Pennsylvania’s schools….
Morethrough school despite the fact that Black and Latino students are no more likely to violate school rules than their White peers. “Out-of-school suspensions are developmentally inappropriate for our youngest…
MoreHuman Relations Commission Use these resources for building antiracist and affirming schools: Promising Practices to Build Antiracist and Affirming Schools We Need Supportive Spaces That Celebrate Us: Black Girls Speak…
MoreAnd while the cause of death for a first-grader at Andrew Jackson School has not been determined, both cases demand that we take a hard look at the impact the…
Moreas having far-reaching ramifications on other aspects of public schools in Pennsylvania. The high court ruled on Tuesday that the School Reform Commission in Philadelphia overstepped its authority by imposing…
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….
MorePennsylvania’s school funding system, William Penn School District et al. v. Pennsylvania Department of Education et al. Attorneys expect the trial in Harrisburg to last through much of the fall….
More…ultimately, leave our schools lacking basic resources and leave our communities struggling to make up the difference with local revenues,” said Brownstein. “Our public schools require, and deserve, a thorough…
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