…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…
More…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…
More…control, state officials, including those in Pennsylvania, are planning how to establish and measure those new standards. The end of No Child Left Behind, passed by Congress in 2001 and…
Morewithin 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…
More…can equitably enjoy a thorough and efficient public education as required by our state constitution. Today I would like to highlight one particularly broken piece of our school funding system:…
More…do it [or] feel like a failure. It sometimes can undermine their trust in the system and their trust in the teacher, which is obviously something we want to sure…
More» Enacted Dec. 2015, Eff. Date – Dec. 2016** » Reauthorization of Major Education Law (ESEA); Replaces No Child Left Behind (2002) » Establishes Standards » Assessments » Accountability »…
More…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….
MoreDistrict 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…
MoreThe Education Law Center applauded the Wolf administration’s Aug. 31 announcement of a universal statewide mask mandate for all Pennsylvania public schools, effective September 7. The order will create safe…
More…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…
More…RELIEF Respondent Speaker of the House Michael C. Turzai, through his undersigned counsel, in accordance with the order of this Honorable Court of May 7, 2018, hereby SUPPORTS the Application…
Morealmost every newsletter). Release: ELC Supports Governor’s Proposal to Restore Funding Cuts. 3-4-2015. February 2015 Newsletter: CFEF Releases Formula Proposal. Release: ELC Kicks Off New School Funding Campaign. 10-6-2014. October…
More…how voluminous. Her belief that what she was doing mattered to struggling children and their families gave her the tolerance and patience to process mounds of educational data to find…
More…that high levels of suspensions can have negative effects on students who aren’t suspended, suggesting the remaining students feel the effects of a punitive environment. In 2013, the American Civil…
More…2014. The new policy will go into effect when school resumes later in the month. The Law Center worked with parents, students, and community advocates to recommend the new policies…
More…and administrators to carry guns. ELC joined three other organizations in the filing of an amicus brief December 21, 2018, in support of the education association’s lawsuit to block this…
More…All EL students are entitled to a robust and effective language instruction bilingual-bicultural or English as a second language (ESL) instruction program supported by trained ESL instructors and subject matter…
More…provide a “thorough and efficient” system of public education. Complaint Summary Full Complaint WmPenn_v_PDE_MotiontoExpedite WmPenn_v_PDE_OrderRequiringResponse_to_Motion_to_Expedite WmPenn_V_PDE_OrderDenyingMotion_to_Expedite WmPenn_v_PDE_ExBranch_PreliminaryObjections WmPenn_v_PDE_LegislativeBranch_PreliminaryObjections WmPenn_v_PDE_Order_PreliminaryObjectionsSchedule WmPenn_v_PDE_AnswerExecutiveBranchPO WmPenn_v_PDE_AnswerLegislativePO WmPenn_v_PDE_ExecBranch_Respondents_PO_1_15_16 WmPenn_v_PDE_Response_to_PrelimObjs_2_17_15 WmPenn_v_PDE_AmicusCuriae_Consort_for_PubEd_2_17_15 WmPenn_v_PDE_AmicusCuriae_PFT_AFT_2_17_15 WmPenn_v_PDE_ExecBranch_ReplyBrief_PrelimObjections_3_3_15 WmPenn_v_PDE_Legis_ReplyBrief_PrelimObjections_3_3_15 Opinion, 4-25-2015 …
Morepolice brutality, the overwhelmingly disparate racial impact of the pandemic, and the callous indifference of many in the power structure, ELC rededicates itself to effectively addressing the deeply entrenched inequities…
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