…Inquirer, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Morning Call, The Patriot News, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, The Philadelphia Public School Notebook, NBC10, WSEE, WESA, and numerous regional media outlets across the commonwealth. Notes:…
More…services. The Education Law Center appointed the other half of the working group and selected members to represent the voices of a variety of multi-‐cultural parents, students and community members…
More…well-established research and best practices to promote regressive school policies. The Education Law Center works with students and parents to battle high rates of suspensions alongside leaders in civil rights,…
More…General Assembly. In November, six school districts, parents of schoolchildren, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools and the state conference of the NAACP filed a lawsuit asking the…
More…of six school districts that filed the suit against the governor, the secretary of education, legislative leaders and the State Board of Education last fall. Seven parents and two advocacy…
More…annual Champion Awards are made by the Pittsburgh Local Task Force, an organization of parents and educators advocating for all students with disabilities. The student award went to seventh-grader Lexie…
More…was brought by six school districts, seven parents, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS) and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference last November. The lawsuit alleges that legislative…
More…legislative policy determination,” Judge Dan Pellegrini wrote for the court. But the plaintiffs — including several school districts and the parents of some Philadelphia school children — said the Pennsylvania…
More…The complaint was filed by six school districts, seven parents, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference, who said they plan to appeal…
More…state Department of Education violated their constitutional obligation to provide all students with the opportunity to pass state-mandated academic standards. It was filed by six school districts, seven parents, the…
MoreMay 20, 2015 – Matt Miller, The Patriot News / PennLive – A coalition of parents, school districts and public interest groups filed an appeal Wednesday with Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court…
More…book Listing on website 4 tickets to ELC event Education Sponsor – $1,000 Half page ad in ELC event program book Listing/link on website 8…
More…speak to families, parents, and students in Philadelphia who have been harmed by the shortage of school nurses. To file a complaint about the lack of school nursing services go…
More…by the Education Law Center and the Juvenile Law Center, teachers, parents, students, administrators, academics, lawyers, community organizers, and other stakeholders make up the PaSCC. You can join by clicking…
MoreOn Sept. 20, 2015, public school parents, school districts, and two statewide associations continued their legal challenge of Pennsylvania’s broken school funding system, telling the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that the…
More…also provides significant protections to children in foster care and children who are homeless with the aim of improving educational outcomes. The bill strengthens school stability for children who are…
More…Act (ESSA), represents an improvement over existing legislation. It will provide targeted support to struggling schools, including schools where traditionally overlooked student groups consistently underperform. The new ESSA does more…
More…and Its Impact on Learning: What Schools, Parents & Policymakers Need to Know and Do,” written by Maura McInerney, Esq. and Alissa S. Werzen, M.D., was published February 11, 2016….
More…it lets staff and the school community – parents and families – know with a high degree of certainty what to expect,” said Dawnlynne Kacer, the executive director of the…
More…education dollars of any state in the country.” The suit was brought in November 2014 by seven parents, including several from Philadelphia; six school districts; the state NAACP; and the…
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