ESSA Vulnerable Students Feb 24 2016FINAL

» Enacted Dec. 2015, Eff. Date – Dec. 2016** » Reauthorization of Major Education Law (ESEA); Replaces No Child Left Behind (2002) » Establishes Standards » Assessments » Accountability »…

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ELC Analysis – Inequities in PA Charter Schools – Segregation by Disability

…Risk of Increased Segregation, PHI DELTA KAPPAN (Feb. 2014), available at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003172171409500507. 7 See, e.g., NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, Truth in Labeling: Disproportionality in Special Education (2007), available at http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/HE/EW-TruthInLabeling.pdf; J….

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SRC Testimony ELL Students 03-2017

District must increase and track the number of hours of ESOL instruction provided to students to meet state guidelines. And all regular education teachers should be trained to modify instruction…

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Zero Tolerance for Zero Tolerance

within two years. The School District’s chief disciplinarian says vastly fewer students were referred to her for expulsion hearings. And this year so far, 150 students have been diverted, which…

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18-08-03 State Board Answer re mootness

…587 M.D. 2014 ________________________________________________________ RESPONSE TO APPLICATION FOR RELIEF ________________________________________________________ Respondent the State Board of Education, through its undersigned counsel, in accordance with the order of this honorable court of…

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18-09-24 Boe NonOpposition to Scheduling Conference

…587 M.D. 2014 ________________________________________________________ RESPONSE TO PETITIONERS’ APPLICATION FOR RELIEF ________________________________________________________ Respondent the State Board of Education, through its undersigned counsel, hereby TAKES NO POSITION on the application for relief

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ELC Named Racial Justice Award Winner

…issue. Through our legal strategies and community engagement efforts we continue to bring these issues to light in western Pennsylvania and to press for reform.” ELC has a long history…

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Defending the Right to Learn and the Freedom to Read

…about legislative efforts in Pennsylvania in 2023 to protect the freedom to read and curtail book banning. Read ELC’s advocacy letters opposing the book ban policies proposed at Blackhawk, Central Bucks ,  and Pennridge school…

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