The Comeback of Charters

…to help schools that need a little extra guidance. “We want to help them get there,” Kagan says. “Still, we’re not winning a lot of friends in our own movement,…

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Your Rights Religous Freedom 8.2017

…a religious exemption.4 • To opt out, a parent, guardian or emancipated minor1 must write a letter to the school principal or superintendent, stating the exemption. They don’t need to…

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Your Rights Immigrant EL 8.2017

…To Learn English • You have the legal right to learn English. • You must receive sufficient language instruction to help you overcome language barriers. • You must be placed…

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Your Rights Immigrant EL 8.2017

…To Learn English • You have the legal right to learn English. • You must receive sufficient language instruction to help you overcome language barriers. • You must be placed…

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McKeesport.Settlement.Final

…website; Education Law Center website; Disability Rights Network website; Email to County Children & Youth and Probation for the above listed counties; Auberle website and McKeesport Area School District website….

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ELC_TrainingforSurrogateParents_9_24_13

…graduate – by meeting state & district academic requirements or by meeting the child’s IEP goals? 46 Helplines & Websites • PATTAN (PDE’s website for special education information and resources):…

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Ways to Give

…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…

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Credit Transfer Factsheet_FINAL 6 5 19

…When youth are behind, provides options for schools to waive local requirement or offer make-up options such as testing, summer school, after-school or online credit recovery to help the youth…

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ELC Testimony Before City Council Re Residential Placements May 17, 2018

…philadelphia-9-2017.pdf. See also Youth at Risk of Homelessness: Identifying Key Predictive Factors Among Youth Aging Out of Foster Care in Washington State available at https://www.dshs.wa.gov/sites/default/files/SESA/rda/documents/research-7-106.pdf http://policylab.chop.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/PolicyLab_Report_Supporting_Students_Involved_with_Child_Welfare_June_2014.pdf http://policylab.chop.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/PolicyLab_Report_Supporting_Students_Involved_with_Child_Welfare_June_2014.pdf http://fostercareandeducation.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?portalid=0&EntryId=2100&Command=Core_Download http://fostercareandeducation.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?portalid=0&EntryId=2100&Command=Core_Download http://www.southerneducation.org/getattachment/cf39e156-5992-4050-bd03-fb34cc5bf7e3/Just-Learning.aspx…

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WmPenn_v_PDE_LegislativeBranch_PreliminaryObjections

…adopt the position expressed by Justice Manderino in dissent, where he opined that “[b]ecause appellants’ position alleges that the statutory financing scheme interferes with that constitutional right, it must be…

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Newsletters

Newsletter:  May-June 2018 ELC Newsletter:  April 2018 ELC Newsletter:  March 2018 ELC Newsletter:  February 2018 ELC Newsletter:  January 2018 ELC Newsletter:  December 2017 ELC Newsletter:  November 2017 ELC Newsletter: October…

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