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…

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McKeesport FINAL COMPLAINT 10 14

…SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU…

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Scarnati Brief

…Board’s web site. See Augenblick, Palaich and Associates, Inc., Costing Out the Resources Needed to Meet Pennsylvania’s Public Education Goals, Revised (December 2007), available at http://www.stateboard.education.pa.gov/Reports/Costing-Out/Pages/default.aspx. -5- percentage of students…

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ELC_SchoolNurseReport_May2013

…impact on learning and instruction? As a result of surveys, in-depth interviews and research reviews, we have concluded that the shortage is having a more significant, widespread, and potentially long-term

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CFEF summary_public_042315

…every school have a fair shot at academic success. Research on school finance reform in other states found that sustained, long-term increases in per-pupil spending led to increases in educational…

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support-for-special-education-funding-12-2016

…the Right to Education Public Interest Law Center Susan J. Agard; David J. Berney, Esq.; Nicole Cogdell; Ira M. Fingles, Esq.; Steve Jacobson, Esq.; Yvonne M. Husic, Esquire; Hollie John,…

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18-09-19 Wolf Answer and New Matter

…are denied. 158. Denied as stated. PDE established intermediate goals for the percentage of a district’s students who should score proficient or above, as set forth on pages 31 and…

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Newsletters

…February 2024 – Court Decision Anniversary; A Plan for Full Funding; Celebrating Black History Month; and More ELC 2023 Year in Review – A Look Back: Victories Worth Celebrating ELC…

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Letter: “Before reform, fund properly”

July 23, 2015 – The Philadelphia Inquirer – by Adam Schott and David Lapp Earlier this summer, the state Senate advanced a far-reaching proposal to put public schools with low…

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Ex. A to Complaint

…and conclusions of law. Hearing of ficers have the plenary responsibility to make “express, qualitative determinations regarding the relative credibility and persuasiveness of the witnesses”. Blount v. Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit,…

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Back-to-School Guide 2022

…Parents who disagree with the CCS determination for their children or who did not receive notice that any determination was conducted have a right to challenge these decisions. Follow the…

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Newsroom Archive

…Now is the Time to Reform Truancy Rules Chalkbeat Philadelphia 12/10: Students fight for right to vote on Philadelphia’s school board Philadelphia Eagles 12/9: Eagles look to help level the…

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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…

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