ELCOpenLetterTransRights

…Fellow EDUCATION LAW CENTER -PA 1315 Walnut Street, Fourth Floor Philadelphia PA 19107 [email protected] 215-238-6970 Cc: Lee Krause, Esq. 7 See generally M. Dru Levasseur, Esq., Gender Identity Defines Sex:…

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Press Release – SDP Bullying Case

and Advocates, added: “There is clear evidence from social scientists that students who are bullied at school—particularly students with disabilities—are effectively robbed of the benefits of a public education.” “In…

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Glen Mills Class Action Press Release

…failed to differentiate instruction or accommodate his disabilities and included no live instruction. Walter told Glen Mills staff that he could not learn in this manner and refused to participate…

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Civil-Rights-Roundtable-Letter-Sessions-1-06-2016

…Opinion of the Justices, 624 So. 2d 107, 114 (Ala. 1993). http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/ http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/jeff-sessions-says-he-handled-these-civil-rights-cases-he-barely-touched-them/2017/01/03/4ddfffa6-d0fa-11e6-a783-cd3fa950f2fd_story.html?utm_term=.f09e50846bba https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/jeff-sessions-says-he-handled-these-civil-rights-cases-he-barely-touched-them/2017/01/03/4ddfffa6-d0fa-11e6-a783-cd3fa950f2fd_story.html?utm_term=.f09e50846bba 4 authority to oversee the state’s school funding plans.20 He then petitioned the court to…

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The Comeback of Charters

…charter schools. “When charter schools are effective, they should be encouraged to grow,” the paper, “Better Isn’t Good Enough,” says. “But when they are ineffective, they should be closed or…

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NC_Easton_PreliminaryInjunction

…– : v. : : EASTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT, : : and : : CAROLYN DUMARESQ, : Acting Secretary for the Pennsylvania : Department of Education, : : Defendants. :…

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Erie School District on the brink of disaster

its structural deficit and begin pouring money back into classrooms. Per-pupil funding would jump from $12,904 to more than $15,000. “This quantifies how underfunded we’ve been,” Erie CFO Brian Polito…

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Your Rights as LGBTGNC student 8.2017

…February 2017, the Trump Administration withdrew 2016 guidance from the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice that affirmed Title IX’s protection of transgender students. However, while the 2016 guidance served…

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