…from a ‘Devastatingly Large’ Education Funding Gap. 90.5 WESA, Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station. 4-2-2015. Cumberland County officials call for fair, adequate public school funding. The Patriot News. 4-1-2015. State education…
More…Educating Students With Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and English Language Learners (ELL), in the section entitled “Communication with Parents.”3 Thus, a school’s failure to make its rules available in a…
More…English language skills have the right to receive English language instruction as English learners. English learners have many special protections, including the right to learn English (with language instruction such…
MoreEnglish: ELLs must be tested to determine English proficiency and placed in the appropriate English as a Second Language (ESL) program. Planned instruction must be provided by a qualified ESL…
MoreAll 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…Truancy Elimination Plan BEC and TOOL 12: What Are the Rules for School Attendance and Truancy in Pennsylvania? (an ELC fact sheet). In addition, the Pennsylvania Truancy Toolkit at www.patruancytoolkit.info…
More…http://thenotebook.org/articles/2017/12/12/parents-local-advocates-call-for-more-school-police-accountability-after-incident-at-solis-cohen-elementary-school http://thenotebook.org/latest0/2016/05/13/student-s-family-files-complaint-against-school-police-officer http://thenotebook.org/latest0/2016/05/13/student-s-family-files-complaint-against-school-police-officer http://www.justicepolicy.org/uploads/justicepolicy/documents/educationunderarrest_fullreport.pdf http://www.naacpldf.org/files/about-us/Bias_Reportv2017_30_11_FINAL.pdf https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/04/10/17074/state-state-look-students-referred-law-enforcement http://thenotebook.org/articles/2017/07/27/complaint-district-fails-to-address-bullying-of-disabled-students https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Letter-Requesting-Ban-on-Suspensions-of-Elementary-Aged-Students.pdf https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Letter-Requesting-Ban-on-Suspensions-of-Elementary-Aged-Students.pdf 4 All District schools can make improvements to truly provide an affirming, supportive environment for transgender and gender non-conforming students that…
Moreensure that evidence-based language instruction programs are available in every school where English learners are educated – including Educational Options Programs (EOPs), and that content teachers are trained in all…
More…develop English language skills have the right to receive English language instruction as English learners. English learners have many special protections, including the right to learn English (with language instruction…
More…linked with one another. 25 Importantly, educational inequality is associated with less general public trust, trust in democracy, and trust of other citizens [24,128]. Greater levels of educational inequality cause…
More…of students with disabilities and English Learners (or “ELs”), immigrants and limited English proficient (“LEP”) parents. These diverse stakeholders have raised significant and similar concerns regarding barriers that prevent equitable…
More…To Learn English • You have the legal right to learn English. • You must receive sufficient language instruction to help you overcome language barriers. • You must be placed…
More…16, 2017 to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission on how the city’s schools can better meet the needs of students learning English, parents with limited English proficiency, and immigrant families….
MoreFor a meeting of the Student Achievement and Support Committee of the Philadelphia school board, ELC provided an overview of the rights of English learners and limited-English-proficient parents, followed by…
More…skills have the right to receive English language instruction as English learners. English learners have many protections, including the right to learn English (with language instruction such as English as…
More…To Learn English • You have the legal right to learn English. • You must receive sufficient language instruction to help you overcome language barriers. • You must be placed…
Morestart of what she needs for her English learner (EL) classes. For other needed materials – novels and short stories, online language instruction, computers, snacks – she’ll keep doing what…
More…al. v. School District of Philadelphia, which challenged the quality of instruction and services provided to non-English-speaking students and the failure to provide interpretation and translation services that hampered parent…
More…22.73% were English Language Learners during the timeframe referenced in the Petition. 51. The Executive Respondents are without sufficient knowledge or information to form a belief as to the truth…
More…City Councilmember Helen Gym and the School District of Philadelphia. It raises a number of issues related to the educational needs of immigrant students, students learning English, and their families….
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