…& Secondary Education (2011). Trauma Sensitive Schools. Retrieved from http://www.doe.mass.edu/tss/. 57 Idaho State University (2011). Institute of Rural Health: Better Todays. Better Tomorrows. Retrieved from http://www.isu.edu/irh/projects/better_todays/. 58 Stevens (2012) 59…
More…Risk Behavior, 30 J. Adolescent Health 364 (2002), https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X (01)00415-3/abstract ……………………………………………………………………………. 9 Steinar Brandslet, All Forms Of Sexual Harassment Can Cause Psychological Harm, Gemini (Sept. 11, 2017), https://geminiresearchnews.com/2017/11/ forms-sexual-harassment-can-cause-psychological-harm…………………………. 6…
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More…Philadelphia (2016) at n.2, available at https://www.phillyeducationresearch.org/projects/educating-english-language-learners/. 3 See ELC Testimony to the School Reform Commission of the School District of Philadelphia: Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners, Immigrant…
More…Pa. Ass’n of Rural & Small Schs. v. Ridge, 737 A.2d 246 (Pa. 1999)…………………………………………………………………………… 40 Pa. Ass’n of Rural & Small Schs. v. Ridge, No. 11. M.D. 1991, slip op….
Moreprograms provide sheltered instruction, intensive English language programs, and literacy skills in a context that introduces students to formal education and American culture. The District should expand newcomer programming at…
More…To Learn English • You have the legal right to learn English. • You must receive sufficient language instruction to help you overcome language barriers. • You must be placed…
More…16, 2017 to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission on how the city’s schools can better meet the needs of students learning English, parents with limited English proficiency, and immigrant families….
More…of students with disabilities and English Learners (or “ELs”), immigrants and limited English proficient (“LEP”) parents. These diverse stakeholders have raised significant and similar concerns regarding barriers that prevent equitable…
MoreFor a meeting of the Student Achievement and Support Committee of the Philadelphia school board, ELC provided an overview of the rights of English learners and limited-English-proficient parents, followed by…
More…To Learn English • You have the legal right to learn English. • You must receive sufficient language instruction to help you overcome language barriers. • You must be placed…
More…a privately-run alternative school, Phoenix Academy, and instead requires placement in a specially-designed “Newcomer Program” at the main high school, McCaskey. “Today’s agreement extends the guarantee of a strong and…
MoreUnder 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…al. v. School District of Philadelphia, which challenged the quality of instruction and services provided to non-English-speaking students and the failure to provide interpretation and translation services that hampered parent…
Morewith a comprehensive review of available literature to identify education strategies that are likely to be effective. The strategies with appropriate research support were then presented, via an online simulation,…
Moreat http://www.ldnews.com/ci_22036769/lebanon-school-district-loses-truancy-lawsuit http://jjlp.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/vol-10-no-1/Truancy.pdf http://www.schoolengagement.org/TruancypreventionRegistry/Admin/Resources/Resources/TheLegalandEconomicImplicationsofTruancyExecutiveSummary.pdf http://www.schoolengagement.org/TruancypreventionRegistry/Admin/Resources/Resources/TheLegalandEconomicImplicationsofTruancyExecutiveSummary.pdf http://readingeagle.com/news/article/woman-in-berks-county-prison-for-truancy-found-dead-in-her-cell#.VBcu8qPD-Uk http://readingeagle.com/news/article/woman-in-berks-county-prison-for-truancy-found-dead-in-her-cell#.VBcu8qPD-Uk http://www.ldnews.com/ci_22036769/lebanon-school-district-loses-truancy-lawsuit 7 There was no evidence that these policies actually reduced truancy. In addition, most magistrate judges tell me that they believe fines…
Morequality public education. Our focus (here today) is not on the governance structure of public schools but on the students who attend them. We recognize that charter schools are legally…
More…22.73% were English Language Learners during the timeframe referenced in the Petition. 51. The Executive Respondents are without sufficient knowledge or information to form a belief as to the truth…
More…City Councilmember Helen Gym and the School District of Philadelphia. It raises a number of issues related to the educational needs of immigrant students, students learning English, and their families….
More…students filed an emergency motion today asking for protection for all English Language Learner immigrant students aged 17-21 against the district’s continuing practice of delaying the enrollment of older immigrant…
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