…even months — are missed. These youth, already facing traumatic changes in their home lives, must repeatedly adapt to new teachers, new classrooms and new peers. The results are heartbreaking….
More…Center has been at the forefront of reforms that ensure equity and access for English Learners (ELs) and limited English proficient (LEP) parents, here in Pittsburgh and across the State….
More…stability for abused and neglected children and for children who are experiencing homelessness. 3 Ensure that English language learners are receiving adequate English as a Second Language supports and services…
More…General Assembly to maintain and support a ‘thorough and efficient system of public education’ to benefit Pennsylvania’s children, our new report clearly shows that this constitutional mandate has been ignored…
Moremake our schools a safe and supportive environment for children and their families. Pennsylvania’s newly enacted truancy legislation, adopted this week, represents a significant overhaul of the state’s truancy laws….
MoreIn January 2019 testimony about English learners to the Philadelphia school board’s Student Achievement and Support Committee, Education Law Center Legal Director Maura McInerney brought attention to reductions in ESL…
MoreMar. 8, 2016 – PennsylvaniaWatchdog.org – By Evan Grossman One of the largest school districts in Pennsylvania is on the verge of running out of money. Unable to cut much…
More…Elias (pro hac vice forthcoming) O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP Times Square Tower 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036 Telephone: (212) 326-2000 Attorneys for Plaintiffs William Penn School District, Panther…
More…wasn’t supposed to take, all because he wanted a girl’s “digits” – her phone number. He told administrators he expected to be suspended, the usual punishment for breaking the rules….
More…to be unemployed More likely to become a drug addict Estimated cost of a youth who drops out and turns to crime & drugs — $1.7 to $2.3…
Moredevelopments at PA Keys Updates including OCDEL’s implementation timeline. We will continue to work with our Coalitions and community partners to analyze and monitor the implementation of these new polices….
MoreMarch 31, 2014 – WHYY, Radio Times – New information released by the Department of Education shed more light on a disturbing difference when it comes to school discipline —…
More…LLP 4040 Market Street 331 Butler Avenue, P.O. Box 5069 Philadelphia, PA 19104 New Britain, PA 18901 Date of Hearing: June 27, 2017 Date of Decision: July 17, 2017 Hearing…
MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2018 Contact: Paul Socolar, Education Law Center, 215-906-1250, [email protected] PDE Orders Philadelphia School District to Create New System to Protect Students with Disabilities Experiencing Homelessness…
More…leaders agreed to back in November, when a consensus was reached to direct some new dollars to restore past funding cuts while distributing the remaining dollars through the new funding…
More…cross-district charter school networks, open new buildings, add new grades, and expand enrollment – all without the authorization of local school boards. It would also reduce accountability by allowing charter…
More…charters to have minuscule populations of English learners. Half of the charter schools that were evaluated in the ACEs had an English learner population of 1 percent or less. •A…
More…school-funding formulas, so as lawmakers in these states crafted new accountability provisions, districts and schools could count on the resources that would be available, year to year, to meet new…
More…if the parent is not a fluent English speaker: � I have limited English proficiency. I am requesting that I be provided with translation and interpretation services for all information…
More…with billions of dollars of new funding for public education? New Jersey’s Supreme Court did. In 1990, the court ruled that the state had provided inadequate and unequal funding for…
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