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…plaintiffs within the five-day period mandated by state law. For those plaintiffs ultimately enrolled in Phoenix, a common complaint is that they did not understand the vast majority of content…
More…plaintiffs within the five-day period mandated by state law. For those plaintiffs ultimately enrolled in Phoenix, a common complaint is that they did not understand the vast majority of content…
MoreJuly 19, 2016 – by Kara Newhouse – LancasterOnline.com Some of the neediest students are being turned away at the doors of Lancaster city schools, a group claims in their…
More…Inquirer, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Morning Call, The Patriot News, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, The Philadelphia Public School Notebook, NBC10, WSEE, WESA, and numerous regional media outlets across the commonwealth. Notes:…
Moreby adopting an irrational means of financing public education that drastically underfunds school districts across the Commonwealth and ignores the state’s own funding targets. According to the complaint, the Commonwealth…
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“They’re expected to meet state standards, yet the state legislature has failed to provide enough resources to meet those standards. … This is going to change their life trajectory.” http://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/04/21/pennsylvania-school-funding-suit-supreme-court/#pFUkKj0uJBqYaIqr.99…
MorePennsylvania lawmakers is working to propose a fair-funding formula that would likely provide poorer school districts with a higher percentage of state aid and reduce funding to wealthier districts. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150422_Commonwealth_Court_dismisses_school-funding_lawsuit.html#oLJoAGAH8KUEuRi3.99…
More…with a government commission charged with recommending a school funding formula. The school districts bringing the lawsuit are William Penn School District in southeastern Pennsylvania, the School District of Lancaster,…
More…the disparities in school discipline and decreasing the use of suspensions overall, neither of these worthy goals can be achieved. NANCY E. POTTER Staff Attorney Education Law Center Downtown http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/letters/2015/03/04/We-must-address-disparities-in-school-discipline-and-decrease-suspensions/stories/201503040148…
More…our children.” Sheridan said Wolf was also committed to working with the education funding commission and the legislature “to come up with a fair funding formula that provides state funding…
More…of color, the Ed Trust report concludes, “contradicts a national commitment to equality of opportunity, and it deprives students of learning experiences, enrichment, and support they need to succeed.” http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2015/0325/Education-funding-gaps-Which-states-are-hitting-missing-the-mark…
More…teacher. Parent volunteer Aurelia Carter-Scott received a family support award. Nancy Hubley, manager director of the Western Pennsylvania office of the Education Law Center, received a community champion award. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2015/03/25/Pittsburgh-schools-honor-those-who-help-students-with-disabilities/stories/201503250227…
More…that the legislature complies with its constitutional duty to provide a thorough and efficient system of public education. Pennsylvania’s public school students are entitled to their day in court.” http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/05/battle_over_fairness_of_state.html…
More…rulings, Pennsylvania has adopted the Keystone exams as a graduation requirement and completed a costing-out study setting levels for what each school district needs to provide an adequate education. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150521_School_funding_lawsuit_headed_to_the_Pa__Supreme_Court.html#Bt79IG2ek53W1y14.99…
More…and equitably distributed. Adam Schott is director of policy research at Research for [email protected] David Lapp is a staff attorney at the Education Law Center. [email protected] Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20150723_Before_reform__fund_properly.html#GQVG7H9ARMe1gliS.99…
More…comes as Gov. Wolf has proposed millions more dollars to school districts across the state, and a bipartisan commission has been holding hearings to develop an education-funding formula, which Pennsylvania…
Moreback when, and now private attorneys are major partners in the delivery of legal aid to low-income clients,” Pap said. Combined with the supportive and collaborative public interest community, which…
Moreserve high numbers of needy children, including those who are poor or who are learning English as a second language. Advocates welcomed the commission’s unanimous recommendations as a first step…
More…School Partnership, a well-funded nonprofit, said the commission “came out with a comprehensive, well-reasoned, and balanced set of recommendations. . . . [The] commission has created the opportunity for a…
More…students from sex-segregated facilities. 2. Cisgender students’ discomfort with the presence of their transgender peers does not create a claim of Title IX harassment. The complainant’s claim that, under Title…
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