ELC_AltEdPA_FullReport_03_2010

…under any other authority under that Act or under any other provision of Federal law. Serious bodily injury has the meaning given the term ‘‘serious bodily injury’’ under paragraph (3)…

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ELC-Testimony-For-Legislative-Hearing-on-Truancy-June-9-2015

…Foster Care and Education website at http://www.fostercareandeducation.org/NationalWork/NationalWorkGroup.aspx http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/about-ocfc/truancy http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/childrens-roundtable-initiative/state-roundtable-workgroups/educational-success-and-truancy-prevention http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/childrens-roundtable-initiative/state-roundtable-workgroups/educational-success-and-truancy-prevention http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/assets/files/page-331/file-600.pdf http://www.fostercareandeducation.org/ http://www.fostercareandeducation.org/NationalWork/NationalWorkGroup.aspx 3 Attendance Matters: The Impact of Truancy on Academic & Life Outcomes The importance of school attendance…

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2019 J.L. amicus – residential placement based purely on truancy

…RECONSIDERING TEXAS’ CRIMINALIZATION OF TRUANCY 14 (2015) [hereinafter CLASS, NOT COURT], https://www.texasappleseed.org/sites/default/files/TruancyReport_All_FINAL_Sin glePages.pdf. Courts often miss these underlying issues, as “courts neither seek out nor are provided with detailed, specific…

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ELC Impact of Lead on Learning Report February 2016Rev PDF

…Lead Surveillance, Annual Report 2014 available at http://www.health.pa.gov/My%20Health/Infant%20and%20Childrens%20Health/Lead%20Poisoning%20 Prevention%20and%20Control/Documents/2014%20Lead%20Surveillance%20Annual%20Report%20r2.p df 3 Pediatric Lead Exposure Flint Water Results, Mona Hanna-Attisha, available at http://www.scribd.com/doc/282806501/Pediatric-Lead-Exposure-Flint-Water-Results http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/lib/health/familyhealth/lead_elimination_plan_for_2010.pdf http://www.nchh.org/Portals/0/Contents/PA%20-%20Impact%20Stmt.pdf http://www.health.pa.gov/My%20Health/Infant%20and%20Childrens%20Health/Lead%20Poisoning%20Prevention%20and%20Control/Documents/2014%20Lead%20Surveillance%20Annual%20Report%20r2.pdf http://www.health.pa.gov/My%20Health/Infant%20and%20Childrens%20Health/Lead%20Poisoning%20Prevention%20and%20Control/Documents/2014%20Lead%20Surveillance%20Annual%20Report%20r2.pdf http://www.health.pa.gov/My%20Health/Infant%20and%20Childrens%20Health/Lead%20Poisoning%20Prevention%20and%20Control/Documents/2014%20Lead%20Surveillance%20Annual%20Report%20r2.pdf http://www.scribd.com/doc/282806501/Pediatric-Lead-Exposure-Flint-Water-Results 2 There…

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3-15-18 House Education Committee Hearing on School Safety Testimony – ELC Final

…media, and increased efforts to limit inappropriate access to guns. Available at http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13- OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012- 2_pm_ET.pdf. mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] http://www.schoolsecurity.org/trends/arming_teachers.html http://www.repgrove.com/Display/SiteFiles/103/OtherDocuments/SelectCommitteeSchoolSafetyFinalReport.pdf.pdf http://www.repgrove.com/Display/SiteFiles/103/OtherDocuments/SelectCommitteeSchoolSafetyFinalReport.pdf.pdf http://jsg.legis.state.pa.us/resources/documents/ftp/publications/2016-10-27%20Final%20REPORT%20for%20WEBSITE%20updated%2011.16.16%20%20WB.pdf http://jsg.legis.state.pa.us/resources/documents/ftp/publications/2016-10-27%20Final%20REPORT%20for%20WEBSITE%20updated%2011.16.16%20%20WB.pdf http://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/news/2016/09/12/teacher-resigns-after-child-finds-her-loaded-gun-school/90280916/ http://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/news/2016/09/12/teacher-resigns-after-child-finds-her-loaded-gun-school/90280916/ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-teacher-shooting-utah-idUSKBN0H62HL20140911 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/us/schools-seeking-to-arm-employees-hit-hurdle-on-insurance.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/us/schools-seeking-to-arm-employees-hit-hurdle-on-insurance.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf…

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ELC_DOJ_AEDYComplaint_8_7_13

…http://www.elc-pa.org/Dana%20Baron%20letter.pdf http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/alternative_education_for_distruptive_youth_%28aedy%29/7318 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/alternative_education_for_distruptive_youth_%28aedy%29/7318 7 has never collected or published any data regarding the academic rigor of AEDY programs or the academic performance of AEDY students once they leave AEDY programs…

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ELC_DOJ_AEDYComplaint_8_7_13

…http://www.elc-pa.org/Dana%20Baron%20letter.pdf http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/alternative_education_for_distruptive_youth_%28aedy%29/7318 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/alternative_education_for_distruptive_youth_%28aedy%29/7318 7 has never collected or published any data regarding the academic rigor of AEDY programs or the academic performance of AEDY students once they leave AEDY programs…

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2018 01 18 ELC Open Letter to New SDP Board Nominating Panel

…Xuan Bui, Carol Quirk, Selene Almazan, Michele Valenti, http://www.mcie.org/usermedia/application/6/inclusion_works_final.pdf (collecting studies). https://www.philasd.org/performance/pssakeystone/ https://www.phillyeducationresearch.org/projects/educating-english-language-learners/ https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SRC-Testimony-ELL-Students-03-2017.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SRC-Testimony-ELL-Students-03-2017.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ELC-Testimony-Re-Meeting-the-Needs-of-Immigrant-Students-Jan24th.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ELC-Testimony-Re-Meeting-the-Needs-of-Immigrant-Students-Jan24th.pdf http://www.mcie.org/usermedia/application/6/inclusion_works_final.pdf 3 2. Provide a Safe and Affirming Environment for Every Student Every…

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Amici Brief: Consortium for Public Education

…basic education, or will parents have to watch helplessly as their children struggle in underfunded, understaffed and under-resourced schools that prepare them only for a bleak future on the periphery…

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Safeguarding Educational Equity Report Data

…Philadelphia Academy CS, and Young Scholars CS was downloaded from the Renewal site, at https://www.philasd.org/charterschools/renewal/. Data for all other traditional charters was downloaded from the Evaluation site, at https://www.philasd.org/charterschools/evaluation/. Data…

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

…http://www.pasa-net.org/Files/SurveysAndReports/2016/PASA-PASBOReportSpring2016.pdf http://escholarship.org/uc/item/4r07q8kg#page-1 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003172171409500507 http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/HE/EW-TruthInLabeling.pdf https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/07/the-racial-imbalances-of-special-education/397775/ https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/07/the-racial-imbalances-of-special-education/397775/ https://penndata.hbg.psu.edu/Portals/66/documents/PennDataBooks/Statistical_Summary_2014-2015.pdf https://penndata.hbg.psu.edu/Portals/66/documents/PennDataBooks/Statistical_Summary_2014-2015.pdf http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-charter-school-education-funding-20150823-story.html http://triblive.com/news/education/6196278-74/education-charter-special http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2012/05/27/Special-needs-education-is-battleground-for-charter-schools-other-districts-in-Pa/stories/201205270267 http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2012/05/27/Special-needs-education-is-battleground-for-charter-schools-other-districts-in-Pa/stories/201205270267 http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2012/05/27/Special-needs-education-is-battleground-for-charter-schools-other-districts-in-Pa/stories/201205270267 http://www.pilcop.org/how-the-charter-formula-games-special-education/ Inequities in Pennsylvania’s Charter Sector: Segregation by Disability | 2017 3 creates a perverse incentive for…

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ELC Testimony Before City Council Re Residential Placements May 17, 2018

…philadelphia-9-2017.pdf. See also Youth at Risk of Homelessness: Identifying Key Predictive Factors Among Youth Aging Out of Foster Care in Washington State available at https://www.dshs.wa.gov/sites/default/files/SESA/rda/documents/research-7-106.pdf http://policylab.chop.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/PolicyLab_Report_Supporting_Students_Involved_with_Child_Welfare_June_2014.pdf http://policylab.chop.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/PolicyLab_Report_Supporting_Students_Involved_with_Child_Welfare_June_2014.pdf http://fostercareandeducation.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?portalid=0&EntryId=2100&Command=Core_Download http://fostercareandeducation.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?portalid=0&EntryId=2100&Command=Core_Download http://www.southerneducation.org/getattachment/cf39e156-5992-4050-bd03-fb34cc5bf7e3/Just-Learning.aspx…

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CostingOut_PASpecialEd_2_6_09

…Tables.” (Available at https://www.ideadata.org/StateRankOrderedTables.asp). U.S. Department of Education, Funding Allocation State Tables. (Available at http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/index.html). Weiner, H. M., Effective inclusion: Professional development in the context of the classroom. Teaching Exceptional…

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Comments oF ELC-PA ESSA 01-21-2016

Identifiable Information” at footnote 1: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda/fy2007/m07-16.pdf http://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f20d90e4b0b80451158d8c/t/5422efe3e4b040cd1f255c1a/1411575779338/Morris-Race-Gender-and-the-School-to-Prison-Pipeline+FINAL.pdf http://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f20d90e4b0b80451158d8c/t/5422efe3e4b040cd1f255c1a/1411575779338/Morris-Race-Gender-and-the-School-to-Prison-Pipeline+FINAL.pdf http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/pdf/ht12-17-08-att.pdf http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda/fy2007/m07-16.pdf 20 3. Exclusionary Discipline for Students with Disabilities ESSA mandates that each state plan describe “how the [s]tate educational agency…

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elc-pas-comments-re-proposed-essa-regulations-impacting-at-risk-student

At Risk, 4 (August 2011), http://www.neglected-delinquent.org/sites/default/files/docs/ELLFactSheet.pdf. 13 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Youth’s Characteristics and Backgrounds, Juvenile Justice Bulletin, 6 (December 2010), https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/227730.pdf. http://helpinggangyouth.homestead.com/disability-best_corrections_survey.pdf http://www.neglected-delinquent.org/sites/default/files/docs/ELLFactSheet.pdf https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/227730.pdf 12 culminates…

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WmPenn_v_PDE_AmicusCuriae_Consort_for_PubEd_2_17_15

…shortfalls, PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE (Jun. 5, 2013), http://www.post- gazette.com/news/education/2013/06/05/Report-shows-sharp-cuts-in-Pennsylvania-school- programs-due-to-funding-shortfalls/stories/201306050159. 18 See Mary Niederberger, School districts must make do after funding cuts of $1 billion, PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE (Aug. 28, 2011), http://www.post-…

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wm-penn-mootness-brief-release

…visit https://www.pubintlaw.org/ or follow on Twitter @PubIntLawCtr. https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://www.elc-pa.org/ https://twitter.com/edlawcenterpa?lang=en https://twitter.com/edlawcenterpa?lang=en https://twitter.com/edlawcenterpa?lang=en https://twitter.com/edlawcenterpa?lang=en https://twitter.com/edlawcenterpa?lang=en https://www.pubintlaw.org/ https://www.pubintlaw.org/ https://www.pubintlaw.org/ https://www.pubintlaw.org/ https://twitter.com/pubintlawctr/ https://twitter.com/pubintlawctr/ https://twitter.com/pubintlawctr/ https://twitter.com/pubintlawctr/ https://twitter.com/pubintlawctr/ https://twitter.com/pubintlawctr/…

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ELC Opposition to Policy 805 FINAL

…https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/Pennsylvania%20State%20Snapshot%20-%202017%20NSCS_0.pdf https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/Pennsylvania%20State%20Snapshot%20-%202017%20NSCS_0.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf students in a school.12 There is also a close correlation between the socioeconomic status/class of students and the use of metal…

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Glen Mills Complaint FINAL

ignored the medical and 3 THE GLEN MILLS SCHOOLS, http://www.glenmillsschool.org/ (last visited Apr. 10, 2019). 4 educational needs of youth. Glen Mills leadership and staff took all measures to suppress…

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Glen Mills Complaint

requests, Derrick’s parents have been denied Derrick’s medical records from Glen Mills. 117. Derrick witnessed over 200 fights among other youth while he was at Glen Mills. While Derrick was…

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