…care system. These students often struggle in school. 1 National data was collected from the following source: NATIONAL CENTER FOR HOMELESS EDUCATION, EDUCATION FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTHS PROGRAM: DATA…
More…success in college; vocational and career technical courses designed to prepare students for a successful career; and intervention programs for struggling students and English learners who are not yet proficient…
More…children is meaningless and unenforceable. The Executive Branch and the Legislature have ignored these rights for too long and we look forward to presenting this case to the Court,” continued…
More…recognized, our challenge to the inadequacy and inequity of Pennsylvania’s broken school funding system will persist. We look forward to presenting our case at trial.” The petitioners’ brief responding to…
More…We look forward to proving our case at trial.” In the next stage of the case, the petitioners will need to address two remaining arguments put forward by legislative leaders…
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More…school discipline: that the federal government does not care about children pushed out of school and does not care if schools discriminate. A decision to rescind the federal guidance, as…
More…to 4,700 colleges and universities and 10,000 other institutions. 1 Legal Center for Foster Care and Education available at http://fostercareandeducation.org. 2 See Legal Center for Youth Justice and Education at…
More…7602 Ogontz Ave # 04, Phila. 19150 (215) 927-2345 Methodist Services Educare Learning Center 4300 Monument Rd., Phila. 19131 (215) 877-1925 ext. 112 Mi Familia Child Care Center 131 W…
Morethat encounter in meeting the needs of children in foster care. The Toolkit includes checklists, suggestions, and resources to help EDMs ensure that students who are in foster care have…
More…someone who knew her language. “The school wouldn’t give me information in Spanish; they didn’t seem to care,” Ms. Galarza said through an interpreter. “I couldn’t understand what the District…
More…book Listing on website 4 tickets to ELC event Education Sponsor – $1,000 Half page ad in ELC event program book Listing/link on website 8…
More…due to homelessness, or foster care or juvenile justice system involvement, are at high risk of not graduating high school. Senate Bill 662 helps youth experiencing education disruptions achieve school…
More…Pennsylvania’s residential placements for youth in foster care – and about the quality of education provided there. In 2017, more than 3,700 youth in Pennsylvania foster care were in residential…
More…on their access to proper medical care, appropriate education, and safe living conditions – and being cared for by their families. Detention is no place for children, and families belong…
MoreThe Education Law Center sent an open letter to Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission expressing renewed concern about issues of equity and universal access at Philadelphia charter schools. Data…
MoreThis column by ELC legal director Maura McInerney and Juvenile Law Center staff attorney Kate Burdick highlights the urgent need to address harmful practices in Pennsylvania’s juvenile justice…
MoreThe return of the School District of Philadelphia to local control and the formation of a nine-member school board over the next few months present a unique opportunity…
More“We are the counter force: Four public interest lawyers on fighting racial injustice.” An article by Education Law Center’s Deborah Gordon Klehr, Juvenile Law Center’s Sue Vivian Mangold,…
More…for the “delivery of early intervention services for all eligible young children … .” 11 Pa. Stat. 875-304(a)(1). This section provides that DOE “may” provide such services in a given…
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