pottsgrove

…Comm’n, 879 A.2d 146, 153-54 (Pa. 2005) (holding that the Walker rule applies “in a variety of other agency proceedings” where an agency’s own regulations are silent on hearsay rules)….

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statement122118

…to rescind the 2014 federal guidance on school discipline: “Today, the Trump administration rescinded the 2014 federal guidance that had addressed bias in school discipline, ignoring massive opposition to this…

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18-09-19 Scarnati Answer and New Matter

…approach runs contrary to Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 1019(a), which provides that “[t]he material facts on which a cause of action or defense is based shall be stated in…

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GS Filed AMICUS Brief 2018

…ResidentialInstabilityandtheMcKinney-VentroHomeless-2010.pdf ………… 11, 13 Russell Rumberger, Student Mobility: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions, National Education Policy Center (2015), http://nepc.colorado.edu/files/pb_rumberger-student-mobility.pdf ………………… 7 Ý¿­»æ ïéóîèèê ܱ½«³»²¬æ ððíïïîèêíêðï п¹»æ é Ü¿¬» Ú·´»¼æ ðîñîèñîðïè TABLE…

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Glen Mills Class Action Press Release

…on his education. After years of struggling in school, Walter was making progress with full-time special education instruction and counseling as a related service due to his emotional dis-regulation and…

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Supreme Court Amicus Petition for Allowance of Appeal

…practices affecting youth advance racial and economic equity and are rooted in research, 2 consistent with children’s unique developmental characteristics, and reflective of international human rights values. The Public Interest…

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We are the counter force

…Law Center (h�p://www.jlc.org) http://thenotebook.org/articles/2017/06/22/pa-guidelines-for-school-discipline-may-change http://www.sentencingproject.org/criminal-justice-facts/ http://generocity.org/philly/2016/09/29/technology-criminal-records-expungement-clinics/ http://generocity.org/philly/2017/04/25/these-cuts-hurt-panel-budget-trump/ http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2016/10/how_did_pennsylvania_s_criminal_justice_system_fail_this_profoundly.html http://www.safetyandjusticechallenge.org/2015/11/decision-points-disproportionate-pretrial-detention-of-blacks-and-latinos-drives-mass-incarceration/ http://generocity.org/philly/2016/09/29/reforming-justice-system-keir-bradford-grey/ http://www.safetyandjusticechallenge.org/2017/02/pretrial-detention-costs-13-6-billion-year/ http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/opinion-and-essays/item/105966-op-ed-expungements-can-erase-the-stigma-that-haunts-people-of-color&Itemid=20&linktype=hp_opinionessays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX3a9hbQZNU&feature=youtu.be https://www.law.upenn.edu/institutes/quattronecenter/conference/springsymposium2016/risk-assessment-tools.php http://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/color-of-justice-racial-and-ethnic-disparity-in-state-prisons/ http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20161003_From_drugs_to_diplomas.html http://aldianews.com/articles/local/philadelphia/want-save-life-push-few-buttons/47305 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT8ta1tfWos https://www.cbsnews.com/news/friends-in-court-the-growing-impact-of-participatory-defense/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/a-replacement-for-overworked-public-defenders/532476/ https://thecrimereport.org/2017/06/13/will-justice-reform-survive-the-revival-of-tough-on-crime-policies/ https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/07/19/nine-lessons-about-criminal-justice-reform#.Ohu4ywCjO https://billypenn.com/2017/06/12/philly-slashed-its-jail-population-by-almost-20-percent-in-just-2-years/ http://www.philadefender.org/ https://clsphila.org/ http://www.elc-pa.org/ http://www.jlc.org/ 8/25/2017 ‘We are…

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Petitioners’ Brief

…still ‘treading water’, The Inquirer, Feb. 8, 2018, available at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/despite- funding-increases-under-wolf-pa-school-districts-still-treading-water-20180209.html (“Even with the increases [Governor] Wolf proposed for next year, the formula would apply only to 9 percent…

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ELC_SchoolNurseReport_May2013

…impact on learning and instruction? As a result of surveys, in-depth interviews and research reviews, we have concluded that the shortage is having a more significant, widespread, and potentially long-term…

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Activists: Education funding debate likely to return to court

preparing to file a lawsuit arguing that the state has violated its constitutional requirement to provide a “thorough and efficient system of public education.” Read the full story: http://articles.philly.com/2014-01-08/news/45995137_1_education-funding-debate-state-lawmakers-school-funding  …

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ELC Elanco Open Letter

Depression and Suicide in Transgender Youths, UT NEWS (Mar. 20, 2018), https://news.utexas.edu/2018/03/30/name-use-matters-for-transgender-youths-mental-health/ (reporting transgender youth whose pronouns and names are respected have depression and suicidality rates that are much lower…

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GOP Budget Falls Short of Philly Schools Request

…cuts made under former Gov. Tom Corbett. Wolf and state lawmakers resumed talks on the budget at 2 p.m. today, the Associated Press reported. Read the article on Phillymag.com: http://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/07/01/gop-school-funding-philadelphia/…

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