DN Editorial: Sick of it all
May 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….
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….
MoreELC Executive Director Deborah Gordon Klehr writes a letter to the editor in the Delco Times addressing the pervasive challenges underfunded school districts have in meeting the needs of special…
MoreThe Education Law Center (ELC) filed comments strongly opposing the Department of Education’s (DOE) proposed rules regarding Title IX investigations. The proposed rules would protect schools from liability at the…
More…children— resided in the grandmother’s home. Initially, G.S. slept in the living room with his parents and two sisters. At times, G.S. moved his cot to the kitchen or basement…
MoreFebruary 27, 2019 Senator Patrick Browne Chair, Senate Appropriations Committee Senate Box 203016 Harrisburg, PA 17120-3016 Senator Vincent Hughes Minority Chair, Senate Appropriations Committee Senate Box 203007 Harrisburg, PA 17120-3007…
More…the State Capitol, Harrisburg, PA Buses of supporters are leaving from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. WHEN: Monday, May 2, 12:30 p.m. (Buses from your respective locations will leave at various times…
MoreDecember 12, 2013 – by Peter Panepinto, The Express-Times – Two Easton Area School District students who were kicked out of the district on Monday because they are homeless and…
MoreIt is estimated that children in foster care change living placements on average two to three times while in care, and a third of older youth experience five or more…
More…how voluminous. Her belief that what she was doing mattered to struggling children and their families gave her the tolerance and patience to process mounds of educational data to find…
More…in 5 African-American boys and more than 1 in 10 African-American girls received out-of-school suspensions at rates that are more than three times than their white peers. If those figures…
More…ability to get to know our students, gain their trust, and become aware of their needs, our role is severely compromised. The impact of these cutback may not be fully…
More…that they underserve “vulnerable students.” http://thenotebook.org/december-2014/147977/state-needs-rational-fix-its-method-funding-charter-students-disabilities http://www.pccy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CharterRenewalDocsCombined1-2013.pdf http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/homepage-feature/item/80533-beyond-failing-schools-the-difficulty-of-fairly-comparing-public-schools-on-an-uneven-playing-field?linktype=hp_impact What do we know about “performance?” 57.7 63.8 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Average School Performance Profile Average SPPs for…
More…do it [or] feel like a failure. It sometimes can undermine their trust in the system and their trust in the teacher, which is obviously something we want to sure…
More…times in the neck. The ruling means the suspension will not appear on her permanent record. The Barack Obama International Academy student, who was 14 when the incident occurred May…
More…not able to get me services and supports due to lack of interpretation and translation in the IEP process. Today, I run a monthly support group for immigrant parents to…
More…our public schools,” said Deborah Gordon Klehr, Executive Director of the Education Law Center. “Today we asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to give us the opportunity to make the case…
More…Today there are organized national and local efforts targeting Black, Brown and LGBTQ students, erasing those populations from the curriculum and programs. These efforts threaten to undermine public schools by…
MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 21, 2018 Contact: Paul Socolar, Education Law Center, 215-906-1250, [email protected] Jonathan McJunkin, Public Interest Law Center, 267-546-1305, [email protected] In victory for students, Court rules that Pa….
More…the schools to prison pipeline: One minute, a child who may be struggling at home acts out at school, the next he’s being hauled out in handcuffs and thrown into…
More…underfunded public schools, six school districts including William Penn, Panther Valley, Lancaster, Greater Johnstown, Wilkes-Barre Area and Shenandoah Valley, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS), and the…
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