…school funding system, building on ELC’s 2013 report “Funding, Formulas, and Fairness.” Download the full report, “Money Matters in Education Justice.” Download the Executive Summary. Read our press release. …
Moregrew a groundswell to radically change the way the state dealt with truancy. The law’s harsh penalties, critics said, created a kind of debtors’ prison for poor families already buried…
MoreMar. 9, 2016 – TribLive – by Elizabeth Behrman Before her trip to Pittsburgh, Monique Morris said she read about last week’s brawl involving 30 female students at University Preparatory…
More…of children is one of the most sacred duties entrusted to the judiciary. Appellate courts in a majority of states have already made similar rulings on behalf of their states’…
More…Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools. The parties claim the state has a school funding system that “does not deliver the essential resources students need and discriminates against children…
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…
MoreBullying and harassment are pervasive problems in Pennsylvania, the United States, and even globally. Students who are bullied are at increased risk of experiencing health problems, academic struggles, and more…
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