The Comeback of Charters

…movement have been saying for years: that many charter schools do a worse job of educating students than traditional public schools; that they should not be allowed to continue; and…

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Ex. B to Complaint

…Guardian requested this due process hearing. 24. The District employs Bilingual Counseling Assistants (BCA) who, among other job duties, provide interpretation services. NT 14014-1405. 25. The Parties communicated, mostly via…

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18-09-19 Turzai Answer and New Matter

…“adequacy level.” 161. Denied as stated. By way of further response, Speaker Turzai denies that the laws of Pennsylvania establish any particular set of skills that “the Commonwealth has deemed…

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SRC Testimony ELL Students 03-2017

…the English skills that are most pivotal for their later success in life. We need more thoughtfully implemented newcomer programs to meet the needs of newly arriving immigrant students. These…

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Amici Brief: PCCY et al

…1999—prescribes “[w]hat a student should know and be able to do.” 22 PA. CODE §§ 4.2, 4.3. The Code sets out achievement benchmarks for each grade level, specifying the skills

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ELC Public Testimony PPS 02-20-2017

…environment, especially at critical developmental stages. It’s little surprise that we continue to struggle to close the racial achievement gap when we look at how frequently young students of color…

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The wheels on the bus are late

…get him to Kearny, in Northern Liberties, in time for the morning bell. “Look at this,” Klimas says, opening the log she has kept of Danny’s tardy pickups. Except for…

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ELC memo to DOJ 8-31-2015

…what the other exclusionary discipline numbers (i.e. suspensions and expulsions) look like in these districts. Of course, if the decline in AEDY enrollment is attributable to using new, positive, prevention…

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