ELC Testifies on Reopening Philadelphia Schools
On February 17, 2021, ELC staff testified at a Philadelphia City Council Hearing on safely reopening schools and bridging the digital divide. Read ELC’s testimony and recommendations here….
MoreOn February 17, 2021, ELC staff testified at a Philadelphia City Council Hearing on safely reopening schools and bridging the digital divide. Read ELC’s testimony and recommendations here….
More…March 15, 2021. Welcoming Schools Campaign Student Surveys English: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-English Spanish: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Spanish Mandarin Chinese: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Chinese Vietnamese: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Vietnamese Arabic: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Arabic Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-HaitianCreole Somali: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Somali Welcoming Schools Campaign Parent Surveys English: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-English Spanish: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Spanish Mandarin Chinese: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Chinese Vietnamese: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Vietnamese Arabic: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Arabic Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-HaitianCreole…
MorePublic school students in Pennsylvania will soon have their day in court. A Commonwealth Court judge has scheduled a trial start date of October 12, 2021, in our historic lawsuit challenging…
More…ensure that all students receive access to a high-quality public education. The case is scheduled to go to trial in Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in October 2021. Here are answers to…
More…non–residents, from 3.348 percent to 3.33 percent by 2021. Kenney’s proposal also calls for an increase in workforce development efforts and more support for start–ups. The education sector, too, seems…
MoreWelcome to ELC’s portal for all things attendance and truancy. Below you’ll find links to information, parent resources, and publications relating to attendance barriers, absenteeism, and the truancy…
More…executive director Deborah Gordon Klehr wrote about the unconstitutionality of Pennsylvania’s current school funding system, and the funding lawsuit in Commonwealth Court where trial is scheduled to start November 2021….
MoreIn 2021, Chester Upland School District faces the potential outsourcing of some or all of its schools, The court-appointed receiver for the district is now implementing a court-authorized request for…
MoreEducation Law Center executive director Deborah Gordon Klehr presented testimony on Pennsylvania school funding policy to the Pennsylvania House Democratic Policy Committee on September 1, 2021. Klehr’s testimony on behalf…
More…Education Committee on April 23, 2021. She spoke at a hearing on K-12 education reforms in Western Pennsylvania, the last of three hearings that the committee has held for different…
More…on Civil Rights in April 2021. The report, which draws on testimony from 20 local and national experts at two public briefing sessions, is called “Disparate and Punitive Impact of…
More…of maintaining critical due process protections in PA school discipline proceedings, especially for Black girls, students with disabilities, and LGBTQ students. This case will be argued on May 18, 2021….
More…state ‒ but that commitment was not enforced and was abandoned decades ago.” Read her full op-ed published in Pennlive on November 5, 2021. Learn more about our case here….
MorePublic school students in Pennsylvania will soon have their day in court. A Commonwealth Court order released April 1 tentatively scheduled a trial start date of September 9, 2021, in…
MoreThis FAQ explains a law known as Act 110 , which concerns students who are convicted or adjudicated delinquent of sexual assault. The law became effective on January 3, 2021,…
MoreOn April 23, 2021 the Education Law Center submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission urging the agency to implement its newly adopted Emergency Connectivity Fund in a manner that…
More…more state revenue for schools, resulting in better academic and life outcomes for children.” Read her full column from the public interest page of the Sept. 20, 2021, Legal Intelligencer….
More…the Glen Mills Schools in 2013. The former college football player started as a counselor in 1979. But local officials, after reading an earlier version of this story online Wednesday,…
More…TGNC students to thrive in their educational environments, whereas hostile and negative school climates are associated with severe educational and health consequences. Read our open letter. Lancaster Online’s editorial board…
More…Survey upon their enrollment, but there are many instances where the school districts’ paper forms and online record systems do not accurately and consistently identify a parent as limited English…
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