…ELC staff member regarding buying tickets or sponsoring ELC’s event, please contact Allegra Abramson at (215) 278-9765 or [email protected]. Otherwise, please visit our ticket site below: Click Here for Tickets…
MoreELC is proud to to announce the launch of a dynamic new website focused on educational success for youth involved in the juvenile justice system – Blueprint for Change: Education…
More…nurses. Facing tight budgets, the Philadelphia School District has trimmed its roster of school nurses recently. Casey gathered health workers at 30th Street Station Monday to make his case for…
MoreThis complaint resulted in an order of corrective action report on new state guidance, concluding that children in residential placements could not be automatically placed in on-site schools or “forced”…
More…asthma, diabetes, food allergies are not safe in schools without a full-time school nurse. School-based staff administer medication on days where no nurse is present. Numerous medication errors have occurred…
Morepedir copias, al (215) 238-6970. En algunos casos, representamos a familias que están teniendo problemas legales en la escuela. Desfortunadamente, no tenemos suficiente personal para representar a toda la gente…
More…place an infant or toddler in an Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded (“ICF/MR”). Questions regarding this bulletin should be directed to the appropriate Regional Program Manager. Sincerely, Kevin…
More…Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and state common law claims. Read our press release here. Read our complaint here. Read press coverage of the lawsuit here, here, and here. …
More…he has rarely been seen by medical staff at Glen Mills. Despite their repeated requests, Derrick’s parents have been denied Derrick’s medical records from Glen Mills. Derrick witnessed over 200…
MoreFor immediate release: March 26, 2019 For more information: Paul Socolar, 215-372-1650 or [email protected] ELC Applauds U.S. DOJ Agreement to Overhaul PA’s Alternative Education Programs to Protect Students with Disabilities…
More…November 2019 Pennsylvania Capital-Star 11/26: November is National Youth Homelessness Prevention Month. Here’s how you can help | Opinion Associated Press 11/9: How ZIP codes determine the quality of a…
More…to ensure our schools can be just that. Our students need trauma-informed and culturally affirming supports and restorative approaches in schools. We continue to be alarmed by ill-informed responses to…
More…access to and quality services in our schools. We greatly appreciate the school staff that have committed to valuable child-serving partnerships with our organizations and advocates. There is more that…
More…(2015). Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797615570365 (when African American students misbehaved more than once, teachers were more likely to stereotype the students as troublemakers and recommend harsher discipline). https://medicine.yale.edu/childstudy/zigler/publications/Preschool%20Implicit%20Bias%20Policy%20Brief_final_9_26_276766_5379_v1.pdf https://medicine.yale.edu/childstudy/zigler/publications/Preschool%20Implicit%20Bias%20Policy%20Brief_final_9_26_276766_5379_v1.pdf https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797615570365 13…
More…a whole, particularly students whose disabilities require higher-cost services.3 A U.S. Department of Education report confirmed that many charter schools systematically and illegally “counsel out” students with disabilities rather 1…
More…And while the cause of death for a first-grader at Andrew Jackson School has not been determined, both cases demand that we take a hard look at the impact the…
More2 http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/school-discipline/files/dcl-summary-for-stakeholders.pdf 3 U.S. Department of Education Press Release, September 8, 2016 available at http://www.ed.gov/news/press- releases/obama-administration-releases-resources-schools-colleges-ensure-appropriate-use-school-resource- officers-and-campus-police 2 The field needs a more forceful message. For a number of reasons,…
More…while expelled. The Education Law Center has long recognized an alarming pattern in the enforcement of Act 26. Districts expansively interpreted what constitutes a “weapon” with little oversight or guidance….
More…on where they live and the wealth of their communities,” say the plaintiffs, who are represented by the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia and the Education Law Center-PA. Urban,…
More…to be free from discrimination and harassment as other students.1 • While there is no federal or state law that expressly prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, some…
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