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

…Legal Defense Fund, 2017, http://www.naacpldf.org/files/about-us/Bias_Reportv2017_30_11_FINAL.pdf. 8 See A state-by-state look at students referred to law enforcement, Center for Public Integrity, Apr. 10, 2015, https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/04/10/17074/state-state-look-students-referred-law-enforcement. 9 See, e.g., Complaint: District fails…

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ELC Impact of Lead on Learning Report February 2016Rev PDF

…children. Environmental Health Perspectives 114: 1904:1909. 7 Blood Lead Levels in Children: What Do Parents Need to Know to Protect Their Children? http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/acclpp/lead_levels_in_children_fact_sheet.pdf 8AAP Commends CDC for Recognizing That, for…

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CostingOut_PASpecialEd_2_6_09

…{Page 17} Appendices A – List of special education expert panel participants……………… {Page 36} B – Organizations responsible for this report ………………………….. {Page 37} C – Websites and other sources…

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Cyberbullying: Fact Sheet

Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place over digital devices including computers, cell phones, and tablets. The same rules that require a school to investigate and intervene to prevent…

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ELC_Fact Sheet_Ed_DecisionMakers_4_15_14

…or early intervention systems. 2 For more information about unaccompanied homeless youth visit the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty website at http://www.nlchp.org/content/pubs/McKinney%20Vento%202001%20Law%20Into%20Practice%20UnaccompaniedYouth2. pdf and the National Center on…

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ELC_SchoolNurseReport_May2013

…in school nursing staff or staff time in schools, as nurses are required to “cover” two, three, or more school buildings. They reported that children with chronic health conditions requiring…

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ELC Impact of Lead on Learning Report February 2016Rev

…disorder in children. Environmental Health Perspectives 114: 1904:1909. ] [7: Blood Lead Levels in Children: What Do Parents Need to Know to Protect Their Children? http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/acclpp/lead_levels_in_children_fact_sheet.pdf] [8: AAP Commends CDC…

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Philadelphia’s shift in discipline policy

…the Philadelphia-based Education Law Center, who has represented students facing expulsion, agrees. “There’s a willingness now to … look at mitigating circumstances and not just blindly say, `This happened; this…

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Your Rights as LGBTGNC student 8.2017

…Do If Your Rights Are Violated • Look up your school policy. How is it supposed to be applied? Is it being applied differently in your case? • Keep detailed…

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