English learners caught in competition for funding
…addition to Christ’s high school classroom in Delaware County’s William Penn School District, where she’s taught students who are learning English for 11 years. But new textbooks are just the…
More…addition to Christ’s high school classroom in Delaware County’s William Penn School District, where she’s taught students who are learning English for 11 years. But new textbooks are just the…
More…simply overlooked. Severe underfunding like that described in Exhibit A afflicts impoverished school districts schools across the state13—from Mount Carmel Area School District (Northumberland County) to Juniata County School District…
More…I am a staff attorney at the Education Law Center, a non-profit legal advocacy organization which works to ensure access to a high quality students with disabilities, English language learners,…
More…Under federal and state law, school districts are obligated to provide students whose primary language is not English with appropriate bilingual or English as a second language (ESL) instruction and…
More…Center has been at the forefront of reforms that ensure equity and access for English Learners (ELs) and limited English proficient (LEP) parents, here in Pittsburgh and across the State….
More…the policy specifically reference LeGare protections that permit English Learner students to obtain modifications and waivers to access specialized programs and schools. Read ELC’s letter requesting revision of the provisions…
MoreIn January 2019 testimony about English learners to the Philadelphia school board’s Student Achievement and Support Committee, Education Law Center Legal Director Maura McInerney brought attention to reductions in ESL…
More…children because of limited English language skills. As one of the plaintiffs’ representatives, attorney Michael Churchill with the Public Interest Law Center described Ms. Galarza’s experience: “She has never seen…
More…District of Philadelphia, resulted in a consent decree requiring the district to improve its academic program: the district expanded English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) instruction; hired bilingual teachers,…
More…run away, or when staff allege they are exhibiting problematic behaviors. 24 56. Yet, the Battling Bulls hierarchy contributed to the culture of malicious and sadistic violence at Glen Mills….
More…hit a fire extinguisher resulting in an injury to Youth 1’s head. Violation Report of Sept. 30, 2014 Incident (Exhibit C at C4-6). 7 Attached hereto as Exhibit C. Case…
More…where all Philadelphia schoolteachers consider themselves English as a Second Language (ESOL) instructors equipped to meet the needs of English learner and limited English proficient families. The district’s 15,000 English…
More…charters to have minuscule populations of English learners. Half of the charter schools that were evaluated in the ACEs had an English learner population of 1 percent or less. •A…
More…Dr. McGinley, Our organizations work with families throughout the School District of Philadelphia (the “District”) to ensure that immigrants, English Learner (“EL”) students and limited English proficient families have equitable…
More…five school districts received additional funding based on the “English Language Learner Supplement” in the current budget, yet 412 other school districts in the state have students learning English. “It’s…
More…in ensuring school stability and academic success for students in foster care, and we look forward to supporting schools and child welfare agencies to ensure smooth implementation,” said Kathleen McNaught…
More…do we look at it?” Vereb said of education funding. “Do we look at it on a per-student basis; on a per-classroom basis? on a per-school-district basis?” Corbett is on…
MoreEXHIBIT C CONSOLIDATED PRE-HEARING ORDER Introduction and Procedural History This consolidated pre-hearing order applies to both of the above-captioned due process hearings. Those hearings, described briefly below, have been consolidated….
More…high school; 22 Pa. Code § 4.23(d); programs for English-language learners “for the purpose of facilitating the student’s achievement of English proficiency and the academic standards”; 22 Pa. Code §…
More…partnered with the Pennsylvania Immigration & Citizenship Coalition on a webinar (available on video) on protecting the rights of English learners and limited-English proficient parents during the COVID-19 pandemic. ELC…
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