Safeguarding Educational Equity Report Data

Philadelphia Academy CS, and Young Scholars CS was downloaded from the Renewal site, at https://www.philasd.org/charterschools/renewal/. Data for all other traditional charters was downloaded from the Evaluation site, at https://www.philasd.org/charterschools/evaluation/. Data…

More

ELC Nicole B. Amicus

…have recognized that the PHRA’s protections apply to school settings and that http://www.phrc.pa.gov/File-A-Complaint/Types-of-Complaints/Pages/Education.aspx http://www.phrc.pa.gov/File-A-Complaint/Types-of-Complaints/Pages/Education.aspx EAST150579074.1 16 school districts must, under the PHRA, take corrective measures against pervasive discrimination. State law…

More

ELC Impact of Lead on Learning Report February 2016Rev PDF

…Lead Surveillance, Annual Report 2014 available at http://www.health.pa.gov/My%20Health/Infant%20and%20Childrens%20Health/Lead%20Poisoning%20 Prevention%20and%20Control/Documents/2014%20Lead%20Surveillance%20Annual%20Report%20r2.p df 3 Pediatric Lead Exposure Flint Water Results, Mona Hanna-Attisha, available at http://www.scribd.com/doc/282806501/Pediatric-Lead-Exposure-Flint-Water-Results http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/lib/health/familyhealth/lead_elimination_plan_for_2010.pdf http://www.nchh.org/Portals/0/Contents/PA%20-%20Impact%20Stmt.pdf http://www.health.pa.gov/My%20Health/Infant%20and%20Childrens%20Health/Lead%20Poisoning%20Prevention%20and%20Control/Documents/2014%20Lead%20Surveillance%20Annual%20Report%20r2.pdf http://www.health.pa.gov/My%20Health/Infant%20and%20Childrens%20Health/Lead%20Poisoning%20Prevention%20and%20Control/Documents/2014%20Lead%20Surveillance%20Annual%20Report%20r2.pdf http://www.health.pa.gov/My%20Health/Infant%20and%20Childrens%20Health/Lead%20Poisoning%20Prevention%20and%20Control/Documents/2014%20Lead%20Surveillance%20Annual%20Report%20r2.pdf http://www.scribd.com/doc/282806501/Pediatric-Lead-Exposure-Flint-Water-Results 2 There…

More

Derrick F Decision and Order

Derrick is classified as deaf and blind, but has some limited visual and hearing abilities1 and is able to communicate through what is termed “total communication” – the combined use…

More

2018 01 18 ELC Open Letter to New SDP Board Nominating Panel

…http://thenotebook.org/articles/2017/12/12/parents-local-advocates-call-for-more-school-police-accountability-after-incident-at-solis-cohen-elementary-school http://thenotebook.org/latest0/2016/05/13/student-s-family-files-complaint-against-school-police-officer http://thenotebook.org/latest0/2016/05/13/student-s-family-files-complaint-against-school-police-officer http://www.justicepolicy.org/uploads/justicepolicy/documents/educationunderarrest_fullreport.pdf http://www.naacpldf.org/files/about-us/Bias_Reportv2017_30_11_FINAL.pdf https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/04/10/17074/state-state-look-students-referred-law-enforcement http://thenotebook.org/articles/2017/07/27/complaint-district-fails-to-address-bullying-of-disabled-students https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Letter-Requesting-Ban-on-Suspensions-of-Elementary-Aged-Students.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Letter-Requesting-Ban-on-Suspensions-of-Elementary-Aged-Students.pdf 4 All District schools can make improvements to truly provide an affirming, supportive environment for transgender and gender non-conforming students that…

More

ELC Opposition to Policy 805 FINAL

…Daniel J. Losen, Discipline Policies, Successful Schools, and Racial Justice, The Civil Rights Project at UCLA, at 6-7 (Oct. 2011), http://nepc.colorado.edu/files/NEPC- SchoolDiscipline.pdf. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/do-metal-detectors-and-x-ray-machines-belong-in-schools/2018/08/14/b4c31674-9f2d-11e8-8e87-c869fe70a721_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ce9eee8b6f2c https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/do-metal-detectors-and-x-ray-machines-belong-in-schools/2018/08/14/b4c31674-9f2d-11e8-8e87-c869fe70a721_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ce9eee8b6f2c https://www.edweek.org/media/hankin-02security.pdf https://ocrdata.ed.gov/Page?t=d&eid=27031&syk=8&pid=2278 https://ocrdata.ed.gov/Page?t=d&eid=27031&syk=8&pid=2278 https://ocrdata.ed.gov/Page?t=d&eid=27031&syk=8&pid=2374 https://ocrdata.ed.gov/Page?t=d&eid=27031&syk=8&pid=2374 https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf…

More

letter-from-legal-strategies-collaborative-re-sros

…Officers on Leave Over Slapping Video, CNN, Mar. 2, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/02/us/baltimore-slap-video/. 22 Id. 23 LMPD Officer Chokes Teen Until His Body Goes ‘Limp’, WDRB.com, Mar. 12, 2015, http://www.wdrb.com/story/28405362/lmpd-officer-accused-of-assaulting-students-appears-in- court. 24…

More

wm-penn-mootness-brief-release

…visit https://www.pubintlaw.org/ or follow on Twitter @PubIntLawCtr. https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://twitter.com/edlawcenterpa?lang=en https://twitter.com/edlawcenterpa?lang=en https://twitter.com/edlawcenterpa?lang=en https://twitter.com/edlawcenterpa?lang=en https://twitter.com/edlawcenterpa?lang=en https://www.pubintlaw.org/ https://www.pubintlaw.org/ https://www.pubintlaw.org/ https://www.pubintlaw.org/ https://twitter.com/pubintlawctr/ https://twitter.com/pubintlawctr/ https://twitter.com/pubintlawctr/ https://twitter.com/pubintlawctr/ https://twitter.com/pubintlawctr/ https://twitter.com/pubintlawctr/…

More

access_Moving_the_Dial_Styer

…for new laws and policies in pennsylvania and washington; and working with organizations and media. www.pde.state.pa.us http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pa_codes/7501/educational_portions_of__non-educational__placements/507372 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pa_codes/7501/educational_portions_of__non-educational__placements/507372 www.jlc.org http://www.stoneleighfoundation.org/sites/dev.stoneleighcenter.org/files/DPW%20Bullentin%20Educational%20Portions%20of%20Non-Educational%20Residential%20Placements_0.pdf www.stoneleighfoundation.org http://www.elc-pa.org http://www.stoneleighfoundation.org/juniorfellows/styer 5 1 “white paper : Community alternatives…

More

GS Filed AMICUS Brief 2018

…and early childhood education, financial planning, and technology coursework to homeless women with children and parenting youth. Its Community Development Corporation programs respond to community needs, expand mixed-income housing opportunities,…

More

ELC_Guide_FairnessinDiscipline_Sept09

…an authorized committee of the board, or a qualified hearing examiner appointed by the board. When a committee of the board or a hearing examiner conducts the hearing, a majority…

More

ELC_Oppose_SB383-FullSen-Update

…media, and increased efforts to limit inappropriate access to guns. Available at http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13- OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012- 2_pm_ET.pdf. mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] http://www.schoolsecurity.org/trends/arming_teachers.html http://www.repgrove.com/Display/SiteFiles/103/OtherDocuments/SelectCommitteeSchoolSafetyFinalReport.pdf.pdf http://www.repgrove.com/Display/SiteFiles/103/OtherDocuments/SelectCommitteeSchoolSafetyFinalReport.pdf.pdf http://jsg.legis.state.pa.us/resources/documents/ftp/publications/2016-10-27%20Final%20REPORT%20for%20WEBSITE%20updated%2011.16.16%20%20WB.pdf http://jsg.legis.state.pa.us/resources/documents/ftp/publications/2016-10-27%20Final%20REPORT%20for%20WEBSITE%20updated%2011.16.16%20%20WB.pdf http://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/news/2016/09/12/teacher-resigns-after-child-finds-her-loaded-gun-school/90280916/ http://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/news/2016/09/12/teacher-resigns-after-child-finds-her-loaded-gun-school/90280916/ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-teacher-shooting-utah-idUSKBN0H62HL20140911 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/us/schools-seeking-to-arm-employees-hit-hurdle-on-insurance.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/us/schools-seeking-to-arm-employees-hit-hurdle-on-insurance.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf…

More

PA-Special-Education-Funding-Data-Sheet-New

…SD Lycoming $3,302,681 $5,953,351 $2,650,671 80% $72,772 $2,580,178 51% 30% 33% 62% Loyalsock Township SD Lycoming $2,030,804 $2,785,513 $754,709 37% $43,564 $683,580 34% 26% 55% 65% Montgomery Area SD Lycoming…

More

2016-10-19-issa-third-circuit-brief-of-appellee

…3000 Two Logan Square Eighteenth & Arch Streets Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799 Telephone: (215) 981-4000 Fax: (215) 981-4750 morleym@pepperlaw.com gurneyk@pepperlaw.com aryanih@pepperlaw.com Maura McInerney (PA71468) Kristina Moon (PA306974) Alex Dutton (PA267321) EDUCATION…

More

Ex. A to Complaint

…1415(f)(3)(E)(ii)(II). Compensatory education is the remedy for substantive violations. Neither party presented evidence as to how much compensatory education is owed to the Student to compensate for the parental participation…

More

ELC Testimony Before City Council Re Residential Placements May 17, 2018

…philadelphia-9-2017.pdf. See also Youth at Risk of Homelessness: Identifying Key Predictive Factors Among Youth Aging Out of Foster Care in Washington State available at https://www.dshs.wa.gov/sites/default/files/SESA/rda/documents/research-7-106.pdf http://policylab.chop.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/PolicyLab_Report_Supporting_Students_Involved_with_Child_Welfare_June_2014.pdf http://policylab.chop.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/PolicyLab_Report_Supporting_Students_Involved_with_Child_Welfare_June_2014.pdf http://fostercareandeducation.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?portalid=0&EntryId=2100&Command=Core_Download http://fostercareandeducation.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?portalid=0&EntryId=2100&Command=Core_Download http://www.southerneducation.org/getattachment/cf39e156-5992-4050-bd03-fb34cc5bf7e3/Just-Learning.aspx…

More

Memorandum Opinion (11-30-2016)

…the School District’s motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ Complaint. For the following reasons, I will deny the School District’s motion in its entirety. Case 2:15-cv-04782-MSG Document 30 Filed 11/30/16 Page 1…

More

ELC Bullying OCR Complaint redacted

…procedures; and failed to evaluate the student for a Section 504 Service Agreement and provide reasonable accommodations). https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investigations/more/09151224-a.pdf https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investigations/more/06141285-a.pdf https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investigations/more/09131251-a.pdf https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investigations/more/09151212-a.pdf 27 At no point during this process—let alone promptly—did…

More

Supreme Court – Brief of Appellant e-filed

…were missing in Danson, and it documents the specific harm those disparities are causing low-income students throughout the Commonwealth. The Petition describes, for example, how the Commonwealth’s total investment in…

More