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…censored unless the speech is obscene, creates an imminent threat, or is significantly disruptive. This includes the right to publish articles in a school paper, to refuse to salute the…
More…censored unless the speech is obscene, creates an imminent threat, or is significantly disruptive. This includes the right to publish articles in a school paper, to refuse to salute the…
More…her paper in half. After all, I wrote a book about teaching, including several long chapters on school discipline. My honest answer: It’s complicated, more so than you might think….
More…Suite 1900A, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Our online donation form is a convenient, paper-free way to give and offers you the option of covering the transaction fee, among other features. To…
More…Deborah Gordon Klehr, our executive director, notes that we are thankful for the team’s support at a time when financial resources have been strained as a result of the pandemic:…
More…will not be reduced from current levels, despite the dropoff in state revenues. Schools are already facing substantial decreases in revenue from local sources due to the economic downturn –…
More…serve much greater concentrations of students in “deep” poverty as compared to Philadelphia’s charter sector.2 Vulnerable students require different kinds of services—and resources—to meet their unique challenges. Notably, based on…
More…some school districts have more resources available to them than students in other school districts, as well as any discovery attempting to compare academic achievement across students or school districts….
More…teachers and counselors as sources of support for students by forcing teachers to report conversations about mental health issues to their parents or face legal action. More than 300 organizations…
More…determine the resources necessary for all students to meet those academic standards. That study showed an additional investment of $2,400 per student was necessary for all students to meet the…
More…funding. Special Education Funding Proposal Recognizes the Importance of a Formula Governor Corbett’s education budget proposal adds $20 million in new resources for special education funding, and envisions distributing those…
More…saying, “Students in property- and income-poor districts are not given an opportunity to receive an adequate education where all students can meet state standards, while their peers in property- and…
More…more than 30 students, and funding cuts necessitated the sharing of school textbooks among students. Tutoring options were unavailable due to lack of resources. The result, the lawsuit contends, is…
More…harm children residing in districts with low property values and incomes. [Id. at ¶ 7]. Petitioners allege that total education expenditures per student in school districts with low property values…
More…schools that most children in these residential facilities attend similarly lack proper oversight from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. These schools typically offer inferior education with curriculum far below grade…
More…https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/flores_settlement_final_plus_extension_of_settlement011797.pdf 3 ELC implores you to defend and implement in full the Flores Agreement. Immigrant children should be released from immigration detention as quickly as possible. Immigrant children are uniquely…
More…establish such a system. See 22 Pa. Code § 14.162. Pursuant to this authority, Pennsylvania created ODR both to adjudicate IDEA claims, and to provide resources for parents and educational…
More…student and SDAS Chair at Penn Richard Shephard said that the advocates work to ensure families know their rights at the hearings. “These hearings without proper checks being implemented could…
More…Opposition to Respondents’ Preliminary Objections Downplay or Misconstrue Binding Precedent………………………..2 B. The Pennsylvania Cases Upon Which Petitioners and Amici Rely For Their Argument That This Case Is Justiciable Are Inapposite……….5…
More…have supported an irrational and inequitable school financing arrangement that drastically underfunds school districts across the Commonwealth and discriminates against children on the basis of the taxable property and incomes…
More…Ms. Alsop. (Id. 161:6-8.) She also testified that she has made an effort to educate herself by reading and researching in her personal time. (Id. 208:17-209:5.) The court is satisfied…
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