2019.05.22-Brief-of-Amici-Curiae-23-Organizations

2017 National School Climate Survey (2018), https://www.glsen.org/ sites/default/files/GLSEN-2017-National-School-Climate-Survey-NSCS- Full-Report.pdf ……………………………………………………………………………. 10, 13 GLSEN, School Climate in Pennsylvania (2019), https://www.glsen.org/sites/ default/files/Pennsylvania%20State%20Snapshot%20-%202017%20 NSCS_0.pdf ……………………………………………………………………………………. 5, 9 Angela Irvine & Aisha Canfield, Reflections…

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GS Filed AMICUS Brief 2018

…adequate workspaces or to school supplies” in doubled-up situations. These students often report that they “feel unsafe, lack privacy, and a quiet space to do school work.”23 Students who are…

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Partners_HS_PKC vacancies 2015-16

(215) 386-4075 HS / PKC Children’s Village 125 N. 8th St. 19106 (215) 931-0190 HS / PKC Childspace Main 7406 Germantown Ave., Smith Hall 19119 (215) 248-3080 HS Childspace Too…

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ELC Testimony Before City Council Re Residential Placements May 17, 2018

…philadelphia-9-2017.pdf. See also Youth at Risk of Homelessness: Identifying Key Predictive Factors Among Youth Aging Out of Foster Care in Washington State available at https://www.dshs.wa.gov/sites/default/files/SESA/rda/documents/research-7-106.pdf http://policylab.chop.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/PolicyLab_Report_Supporting_Students_Involved_with_Child_Welfare_June_2014.pdf http://policylab.chop.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/PolicyLab_Report_Supporting_Students_Involved_with_Child_Welfare_June_2014.pdf http://fostercareandeducation.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?portalid=0&EntryId=2100&Command=Core_Download http://fostercareandeducation.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?portalid=0&EntryId=2100&Command=Core_Download http://www.southerneducation.org/getattachment/cf39e156-5992-4050-bd03-fb34cc5bf7e3/Just-Learning.aspx…

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Amici Brief: PCCY et al

…or chemistry, and are more likely to do so, if provided with laboratory equipment for experiments and demonstrations; that children have a better opportunity to learn English literature if given…

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Philadelphia’s shift in discipline policy

…the Philadelphia-based Education Law Center, who has represented students facing expulsion, agrees. “There’s a willingness now to … look at mitigating circumstances and not just blindly say, `This happened; this…

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Glen Mills Class Action Press Release

…in Delaware County. This site, the oldest reform school in the country, housed as many as 1,000 boys from all over the country – and the world – at one…

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Help Make PA Schools More Supportive of Immigrant, Refugee Families

…March 15, 2021. Welcoming Schools Campaign Student Surveys English: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-English Spanish: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Spanish Mandarin Chinese: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Chinese Vietnamese: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Vietnamese Arabic: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Arabic Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-HaitianCreole Somali: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Somali Welcoming Schools Campaign Parent Surveys English: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-English Spanish: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Spanish Mandarin Chinese: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Chinese Vietnamese: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Vietnamese Arabic: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Arabic Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-HaitianCreole…

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SOARDataCommentLetterSUBMITTED012618

…students with low-incidence disabilities; • whether information is made available to families in a language that parents understand, including in languages other than English and in ways accessible to parents…

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elc-statement-11-17-2016-1

…from discrimination based on immigration and/or English Language Learner status Students have the right to enroll in public school regardless of immigration or citizenship status. Students who are English Language…

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Education Law Center _ Head Start Comments_9 17 15

…full participation of English language learners in Head Start programs. Parents of these children frequently also have limited English proficiency. The regulations should require translation and interpretation services when requested,…

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ELC Testimony on Senate Bill 6

…has grown by roughly 47,000 students. It’s tough to describe this as a slow pace of reform. 1 The Education Law Center is a non-profit legal advocacy organization dedicated to…

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FederalPolicy_ESEA_and_SchoolToPrisonPipeline.03.09.11

…supra note 1, at 30-32; see also dAniel losen & russell skiBA, susPended educAtion: urBAn middle schools in crisis, (September 2010), available at http://www.indiana.edu/~equity/docs/Losen_ Skiba___Suspended_Education.pdf. 12 AdvAncement Project, supra note…

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Extra info can help some gain admission

The LeGare process, established through a case filed by ELC, is intended to provide an equal opportunity for Philadelphia special education and English-learner students to get accepted to the city’s…

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