…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,…
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…
MoreMay 23, 2014 – Philadelphia Daily News Editorial – The death of any child is a tragedy. The death of two children who fell ill while at school is unspeakable….
More…he hopes the courts take up the case. “The system of funding for our public schools is broken,” he said. “We need to fix that as soon as possible.” http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2015/03/12/Commonwealth-Court-judges-weighing-Pennsylvania-s-districts-education-funding-clash/stories/201503120063…
MoreMarch 11, 2015 – by Jan Murphy, Patriot News – Saying just turning on the lights and keeping the school doors open falls short of the Legislature’s constitutional obligation of…
More…teacher. Parent volunteer Aurelia Carter-Scott received a family support award. Nancy Hubley, manager director of the Western Pennsylvania office of the Education Law Center, received a community champion award. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2015/03/25/Pittsburgh-schools-honor-those-who-help-students-with-disabilities/stories/201503250227…
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…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…
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…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. …
MoreMarch 9, 2014 – David Lapp, Special to the Sunday News – Significant problems exist with Pennsylvania’s current charter school policy, and we agree with state Sen. Lloyd Smucker that…
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….
MoreDelco News Network quotes ELC Legal Director Maura McInerney in an article on Governor Wolf and Senator Joe Scarnati’s opposing briefs on the legal status of ELC’s school funding lawsuit….
MoreMay 16, 2014 – by William Bender and Solomon Leach, Philadelphia Daily News – Fifth-graders have been sent to kindergarten. An eighth-grader was banished to first grade. Draconian “behavior contracts”…
More…disabilities and appropriate supports for English learners. In the letter (news release here), advocates express grave concern that children, particularly children with disabilities, English learners, and children living in poverty,…
Morewas slashed. “Cuts at the state level just kill us,” said Jim Duffy, superintendent of the Fannett-Metal School District, a small system in south-central Pennsylvania. Read the full story: http://articles.philly.com/2013-10-01/news/42539843_1_districts-school-funding-chief-education-officer…
MoreIn a statement on the Pennsylvania budget, ELC welcomes the news from the General Assembly that state funding for basic education, special education, and pre-K in the coming school year…
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