February 9, 2016 Deborah Gordon Klehr, Executive Director of the Education Law Center-PA, issued the following statement regarding Governor Wolf’s Budget Address: “We applaud Governor Wolf’s continued attempts to…
Moretruancy process, attendance barriers, self-advocacy tools, and judges and their implementation of truancy laws. Addressing Attendance Barriers (‘Truancy’) & School Attendance — FAQs School Attendance and Truancy: Understanding the Basics…
More…including violence targeting Black students and LGBTQ+ students. Media Coverage Report: Black Girls Detail Barriers in School – Philadelphia Tribune Black girls’ education is fundamentally inequitable in Pennsylvania, a new…
MoreBeginning with the graduating class of 2023, new statewide graduation requirements will apply to all public school students. As a result, every student must now satisfy one of several pathways…
MoreK-5 students. It was renewed in 2006 under the same deal. Up for renewal again in 2011, the charter had arranged to move into a new facility that it could…
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…or content. “Banning CRT” means denying students truthful conversations about systemic racial discrimination and reinforcing white supremacy. Parents across Pennsylvania want truthful education, classrooms where students are valued and accepted,…
More…country – and the world – at one time. After an emergency removal order of all remaining children at the facility as well as the revocation of its licenses by…
More…distressed schools. The ruling, which held that legislation giving the SRC authority under the Distress Law to suspend portions of the code violated the nondelegation rule of the state constitution,…
More…Pittsburgh, Chester-Upland, York City, and Erie City — and on students receiving special education services. The data demonstrates that, while a number of individual charter schools equitably serve all students,…
More…19139 Head Start BETHUNE 3301 OLD YORK RD. 19140 Head Start BLAINE 3001 W. BERKS ST. 19121 Head Start BLANKENBURG 4600 W. GIRARD AVE. 19131 Head Start BREGY 1700 BIGLER…
MoreApril 25, 2017 – Public News Service PA – by Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Legislation to reform charter schools in Pennsylvania could come up for a vote any day…
More…truancy issues, that may arise. You may also contact the Education Law Center directly by following instructions available here. You can learn more about ELC’s mission here. Parent Resources The…
More…of Philadelphia (“District”) to promptly and appropriately address pervasive and severe bullying of students with disabilities as exemplified by the stories of multiple students. Read the news release here. …
MoreCheck out this 7/9/17 national story from NBC News about charter schools. ELC’s Executive Director Deborah Gordon Klehr talks to reporter Craig Melvin about charter schools often failing to serve…
More…released a statement on the Pa. Department of Education’s finding that the Philadelphia School District violated the rights of at least 800 incoming Kindergarten students. Read the news release here….
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…
More…so critical that the PHRA is available as a tool to root out discriminatory pervasive bullying.” Read the news release here and the brief here. …
More…to reject remaining preliminary objections and a motion to dismiss asserted by the legislature so that the case can proceed directly and promptly to trial. Read the News Release here….
MorePublic News Source quotes ELC Legal Fellow Sean McGrath on the availability of early intervention services in the state of Pennsylvania. Read more here….
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