…https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/Pennsylvania%20State%20Snapshot%20-%202017%20NSCS_0.pdf https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/Pennsylvania%20State%20Snapshot%20-%202017%20NSCS_0.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf students in a school.12 There is also a close correlation between the socioeconomic status/class of students and the use of metal…

…http://www.edlawcenter.org/ELCPublic/ elcnews_080822_SRAPolicyBrief.pdf; see also educAtion lAw center-PA, imProving “AlternAtive educAtion For disruPtive Youth” in PennsYlvAniA, 15-16 (2010), available at http://www.elc-pa.org/pubs/downloads2010/ ELC_AltEdPA_FullReport.pdf. 5 See, e.g., AdvAncement Project, at 27-29; AmericAn FederAtion…

for all grades. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2015/07/05/System-breakdown-leaves-student-trapped-in-alternative-program/stories/201506300258?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=editors-picks-news&utm_campaign=Headlines-Newsletter 3 likely adverse disparate impact on students of color and students with disabilities. We would consider it a significant missed opportunity if the result of DOJ’s…

for all grades. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2015/07/05/System-breakdown-leaves-student-trapped-in-alternative-program/stories/201506300258?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=editors-picks-news&utm_campaign=Headlines-Newsletter 3 likely adverse disparate impact on students of color and students with disabilities. We would consider it a significant missed opportunity if the result of DOJ’s…

…to be incarcerated than youth who complete high school. Youth find their worlds upended by the stress and chaos of homelessness. They desperately need the stability, structure, and hope of…

on technology. 12 English-Language Learners • Accountability moves from Title III (English-language acquisition section of ESEA) to Title I (accountability). Accountability measures highlight progress of ELL students as greater priority….

…on his education. After years of struggling in school, Walter was making progress with full-time special education instruction and counseling as a related service due to his emotional dis-regulation and…

…Should We Intervene? Contributions of Behavior, Student, and School Characteristics to Suspension and Expulsion, THE EQUITY PROJECT, at 6, 12, 15 (Jan. 2013); Tony Fabelo, et al., Breaking Schools’ Rules:…

…parent or student must exhaust the IDEA’s administrative procedures before brining an ADA civil action. 20 U.S.C. § 1415(l) provides: Rule of Construction Nothing in this chapter shall be construed…

…be reconciled with Danson, there is no basis to apply the political-question doctrine here. That doctrine is a narrow exception to the general rule that Pennsylvania’s constitution “should be construed,…

…Dr. McGinley, Our organizations work with families throughout the School District of Philadelphia (the “District”) to ensure that immigrants, English Learner (“EL”) students and limited English proficient families have equitable…