…with Criminalizing Our Early Learners?, NAT. BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INST. (2016), http://www.nbcdi.org/whats-wrong-criminalizing-our-early-learners. 3 Harold Jordan, supra note 2. 4 See Appendix A, Testimony from members of PowerCorpsPHL. 5 American Psychological…

…to effectively serve children through cross- systems collaborations and trainings,1 the development of city and state policy recommendations and undertaking pilot projects to identify evidence-based practices that can be replicated…

…truancy elimination plan. 12. The Charter’s IEP contemplated the immediate development and implementation of a positive behavior support plan (PBSP). S-9E. 13. The Student did not receive special education from…

…very important step towards ensuring that all children in the Pittsburgh Public Schools have access to quality career and technology, post-­‐secondary transition planning, including special education transition programs and services….

…Block Grant (individual programs now consolidated) Preschool Development Grants Innovation Grants Parent Engagement Grants Districts receiving over $30,000 must spend at least 20 percent of funding on at least one…

…in whatever form they arrive on your desk. Respectfully submitted, Reynelle Brown Staley Policy Director cc: Mike Brunelle, Chief of Staff Meg Snead, Secretary of Policy and Planning Allison Jones,…

…to career and technical education; – a wide variety of extra-curricular offerings; – sufficient school librarians, guidance counselors, school nurses, para-professionals, school psychologists, social workers, and other support staff; –…

…◼ Transition services are one-size-fits-all ◼YOUTH is NOT consulted or involved in development of IEP ** Use time in placement as an opportunity to improve the IEP Making Progress Towards…

September 17, 2015 Colleen Rathgeb Director of Policy and Planning Office of Head Start Department of Health and Human Services 1250 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20024 Re: Proposed Head…

…residence cannot “transform into a fixed, adequate, and regular nighttime residence” due to 2 Stacy A. Havlick, College and Career Counseling for Students Experiencing Homelessness: Promising Practices for Secondary School…

…on school expenditures and on children. We write today to stress the importance of the Administration addressing three recommendations that are both time sensitive and critical. The Need for Strong…

…making related decisions and in the development of a new Individualized Education Program (“IEP”) for Derrick over the following4 months. (See, e.g. Tr. Day Two 83:5-87:4.) However, the parties agree…

…§ 4.12 (relating to academic standards).” As state guidance issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Education makes clear, English Language Development (ELD) is a required component of all language instruction…

…importance of the PHRA to our K–12 students ……………………………………………………………… 6 2. Many children would not be able to avail themselves of the protections of the PHRA absent minority tolling …………………………..

…public importance” exception to the mootness doctrine, Petitioners say that, even if this case is moot, “[t]here can be no question that the issue of public education funding is of…

…the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems consider the unique developmental differences between youth and adults in enforcing these rights. We join this brief to underscore the importance of creating…

…state guidance issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Education makes clear, English Language Development (ELD) is a required component of all language instruction programs and takes place every day throughout…

…Child Development & Social Policy website, https://medicine.yale.edu/childstudy/zigler/publications/Preschool%20Implicit%20Bias%20Policy%20Brief_final_9 _26_276766_5379_v1.pdf. 22 Jayanti Owens & Sara McLanahan, 2018. “Unpacking the Drivers of Racial Disparities in School Suspension and Expulsion,” Working Papers wp18-04-ff, Princeton…