What happened to Bache-Martin School?
…are among the incidents that have fueled concerns at Bache-Martin Elementary in Fairmount this year, and left parents asking: What has happened to our school? Read the full story …
More…are among the incidents that have fueled concerns at Bache-Martin Elementary in Fairmount this year, and left parents asking: What has happened to our school? Read the full story …
MoreEducation Law Center executive director Deborah Gordon Klehr wrote about the unconstitutionality of Pennsylvania’s current school funding system, and the funding lawsuit in Commonwealth Court where trial is scheduled to…
MoreThere is a new start date for the trial in our historic lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s school funding system. The date is moved back a month to Oct.12. The later date…
MoreCommission’s Formula Proposal Makes Strides Towards Addressing Equity Gaps Restoring 2011 School Funding Cuts Must be the First Step For Immediate Release Contact: Deborah Gordon Klehr, [email protected] or 215-346-6920 June…
MoreFairness in Charter School Discipline What do we know: Charter schools are subject to the same federal and state laws and regulations surrounding school discipline as district schools …
More…in Delaware County. This site, the oldest reform school in the country, housed as many as 1,000 boys from all over the country – and the world – at one…
Moreschool safety ratings from students and teachers. (Stevens, Sartain, Allensworth, & Levenstein, 2015). We must equip Pittsburgh administrators, teachers and other school personnel with the skills and interagency supports needed…
More12, 2021, in our historic lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s school funding system, William Penn School District et al. v. Pennsylvania Department of Education et al. The judge announced the new trial date…
Moreand its Newcomer Program designed for first-year ELLs (formerly known as the International School). And now, the School District of Lancaster is looking at spending more than half a million…
MoreThe Eastern Lancaster County (Elanco) School District in early 2019 took the positive step of permitting transgender students to use the facilities with which they identify. The Education Law Center…
MoreYour child’s right to school transportation depends on the local policies adopted by your school district, the distance from your residence to the school, and whether your child has disabilities…
Moredepression and anxiety as well as decreased participation and achievement in school. Students have the right to be free from sex- or gender-based discrimination, harassment, and violence at school. Learn…
MoreAct 26 is a Pennsylvania law that requires the expulsion for at least one year of any student who possesses a weapon on school property, at a school function, or…
MoreCommission We Need Supportive Spaces That Celebrate Us: Black Girls Speak Out About Public Schools Watch our recent trainings and presentations: Hot Topics for School Boards: Learn the Law &…
MoreThey write: “‘The governor recognizes that our public school children continue to suffer the painful consequences of underfunded schools every day. He understands that their need for justice is now,’…
MoreThe Education Law Center (ELC) has filed an amicus brief in Nicole B. v. School District of Philadelphia, et al., a case involving a Philadelphia student who was relentlessly bullied…
MoreDecember 11, 2015: Pennsylvania’s public school funding crisis cannot be resolved by legislating new costs that will eventually exceed new revenues. Unfortunately, the School Code bill recently passed by the…
MoreMarch 29, 2017 – LancasterOnline – by Kimberly Marselas The School District of Lancaster has agreed to settle a lawsuit over how it handles older refugee students, ending a nine-month…
More…successful in school and beyond. This Education Law Center report details the race and class inequities in Pennsylvania’s school funding system, building on ELC’s 2013 report “Funding, Formulas, and Fairness.”…
MoreJuly 19, 2016 – by Colin Deppen – PennLive The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed suit against a Lancaster school district arguing that the district has denied refugee…
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