Why the debate about school safety and increased security may exacerbate the school-to-prison pipeline
Public Source quotes ELC Attorney Cheryl Kleiman on whether or not arming school personnel increases school safety. Read more….
MorePublic Source quotes ELC Attorney Cheryl Kleiman on whether or not arming school personnel increases school safety. Read more….
More…had been taken from her while she was institutionalized many years prior. The article quotes ELC Legal Director Maura McInerney, who helped Searle reunite with her child. Read more here….
More…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 education students. Read more here….
MoreWHYY reports on poor conditions in Philadelphia-area juvenile detention centers, quoting ELC Legal Director Maura McInerney. Read more here….
MoreThe Inquirer reports on ELC’s fair funding lawsuit and its continued progress toward trial. Read more here….
MoreWHYY reports on residency enforcement policies that disproportionately affect students of color, quoting ELC Legal Director Maura McInerney. Read more here….
More…two dozen advocacy organizations that worked together to pressure Pennsylvania lawmakers to increase the money available for special education purposes. The article quotes ELC Attorney Reynelle Brown Staley. Read here….
MoreThe Notebook reports on ELC’s fair funding case and its progress toward trial, quoting ELC Legal Director Maura McInerney. Read more here….
MoreELC Executive Director Deborah Gordon Klehr is featured in Generocity‘s article on women leading public interest law organizations in Philadelphia. Read more here….
MoreOn May 7, 2018, the Commonwealth Court overruled objections filed by state legislative leaders and moved our school funding lawsuit closer to trial. Read about the Court’s decision and our…
MoreTriblive quotes ELC Executive Director Deborah Gordon Klehr on the legal implications in Pennsylvania of President Trump’s proposal to train and arm teachers with firearms. Read more….
MoreWHYY quotes ELC Executive Director Deborah Gordon Klehr on Governor Wolf’s proposed budget. “Our children need more,” Klehr writes. Read more here….
More…Gordon Klehr writes about the bias in school discipline against students of color and argues that school suspensions in under-resourced schools often do more harm than good. Read more here….
MoreNewsweek article cites ELC report highlighting how state underfunding of schools deepens inequity. Read more here….
More…right to “specially designed instruction” – meaning that teachers must adapt the content (what is taught), methodology (how it is taught), or delivery of the curriculum to account for your…
More…grades 1 and 2. This means that students in those grades cannot be suspended unless it is shown that their behavior resulted in serious bodily injury. Read our release here….
More…adequately and equitably funded statewide public education system. The heavy lifting is still needed as urgently as ever to address shortfalls in school funding across the state. Read more here….
More…Floor (East Liberty) Cost: $22.00 Purchase tickets here Read the full story of Cheryl Kleiman’s achievement: Who’s Next in Education Education Law Center is excited to announce that Cheryl Kleiman…
More…100 students, most diagnosed with social-emotional disabilities and now placed in facilities run by Wordsworth. The new program will be run initially by the private education provider Catapult Learning before…
More…and sufficient funding for public schools. At the forefront of that debate is what many consider debilitating cuts to education made by Gov. Tom Corbett. Read the full story: http://axisphilly.org/article/the-haves-and-have-nots-of-education-spending/…
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