Remembering Vivian Narehood

…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…

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William Penn SD et. al. v. Pa. Dept. of Education et. al. (Pa. Commw. Ct., 2014)

…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  …

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J.S. v. Manheim Township School District

In the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. ELC joined with ACLU Pennsylvania in filing an amicus brief in support of a student who was expelled for off-campus speech in J.S. v. Manheim…

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School Funding Trial Has Concluded

…case, where our lawyers submitted briefs about the legal issues in the case. And after oral argument on the legal issues took place on July 26, 2022, the case was…

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Inclusive Schools and Honest Education

…their history and experiences.  Today, there are organized national and local efforts threatening to undermine public schools, dividing parents and communities. These groups are banning books, banning the teaching of…

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Education Law Center _ Head Start Comments_9 17 15

…programs often struggle with competing compliance mandates and fail to put this requirement into effect. Additionally, the Head Start regulations need to prioritize children in foster care by extending them…

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Opinion: Fully and fairly fund our schools

Jan. 17, 2016 – The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – By Nancy A. Hubley and Patrick Dowd Pennsylvania’s leaders have signed off on school funding reform. It’s long past time they got…

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ELC Public Testimony PPS 02-20-2017

February 20, 2017 Pittsburgh Public Schools Board of Directors 341 S. Bellefield Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Re: Education Law Center Public Testimony On behalf of the Education Law Center and…

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