…comprehensive settlement. The agreement, which the School Board approved tonight, restricts the district from placing any newly arrived 17 to 20-year-old immigrant students with little or no English fluency into…
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…
More…poverty, children of color, children with disabilities, English Language Learners, and LGBTQ students, to ensure that prejudice and bigotry do not impede their civil rights. We have been privileged to…
More…& Wong, M. (2008). Creating trauma-informed systems: Child welfare, education, first responders, health care, juvenile justice. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 39(4), 396-404. http://www.nctsnet.org/sites/default/files/assets/pdfs/tfcbt_general.pdf http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov/viewintervention.aspx?id=135 http://www.justice.gov/defendingchildhood/cev-rpt-full.pdf http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=R&billNbr=0659&pn=3339 http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=R&billNbr=0659&pn=3339 http://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/assets/pdfs/Child_Trauma_Toolkit_Final.pdf http://www.nctsn.org/nctsn_assets/pdfs/promising_practices/A_Systems_Integration_Approach.pdf…
More…of the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201. PA R T I ES 4. N.G. is a 13-year-old boy in 8th grade who has previously been found eligible for…
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MoreA summary of the Education Law Center’s 2014 recommendations to improve educational outcomes for English learners (ELs)….
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MoreCOVID-19 school closures have had an impact on English learners. ELC compiled this resource of 5 important things for Vietnamese speakers and their families to know….
MoreCOVID-19 school closures have had an impact on English learners. ELC compiled this resource of 5 important things for Mandarin speakers and their families to know….
MoreCOVID-19 school closures have had an impact on English learners. ELC compiled this resource of 5 important things for Arabic speakers and their families to know….
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MoreCOVID-19 school closures have had an impact on English learners. ELC compiled this resource of 5 important things for Nepali speakers and their families to know….
More…if the parent is not a fluent English speaker: � I have limited English proficiency. I am requesting that I be provided with translation and interpretation services for all information…
More…stability for abused and neglected children and for children who are experiencing homelessness. 3 Ensure that English language learners are receiving adequate English as a Second Language supports and services…
More& Reduced Lunch Eligible 2012-2013 Percent Students in Poverty Based on Free & Reduced Lunch Eligibility 2012-13 BEF Student-Focused Funding Supplement Selected Districts 2013-2014 Increase Amount 2013-14 Estimated BEF Percent…
More…English and many who come from economically challenged households. District officials claim it has been underfunded for years through a flawed and much maligned funding formula that lawmakers have been…
More…they have a duty to provide sound and effective English language services. Many immigrant students, particularly those newly arrived in the U.S. with limited prior education have unique and significant…
More…battle with the American Civil Liberties Union at a cost of more than $400,000. Starting immediately, refugees ages 17 to 21 who speak little to no English will attend McCaskey…
More…of Pepper Hamilton to challenge the district’s practice of placing newly arrived older immigrant students with little or no English fluency into a privately run alternative school, Phoenix Academy, or…
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