Expulsions in Pennsylvania

create rules, they must follow their own rules. Thus, a school can only expel a student for a violation of a school rule if the school has officially adopted and…

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Ex. B to Complaint

…During the hearing, the independent evaluator clari fied that her preference would be for the ESOL instructor to be bilingual, but that actual instruction in ESOL programming need not be…

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Panel: Pa needs to overhaul school funding

…greater account factors such as poverty and numbers of non-English-speaking students, in an effort to close the nation’s biggest spending gap between richer and poorer districts. The formula recommended by…

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Press release_FINAL

…visit one. The harm caused is obvious: crumbling buildings, overcrowded classes, and a lack of technology that does not befit the dignity of the children of this Commonwealth,” said Dan…

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ELC School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Research Brief

This 2010 ELC research brief provides a detailed examination of School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (PBS), a research-based, highly effective, approach to creating, teaching, and reinforcing students’ social, emotional, and academic…

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

…of Justice, National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence 5 (September 2015), available at https://www.ojjdp.gov/pubs/248547.pdf?ed2f26df2d9c416fbddddd2330a778c6=nnxrpdozn- nzubdzrr&utm_source=youth.gov&utm_medium=federal-links&utm_campaign=reports-and-resources. http://www.theiacp.org/portals/0/pdfs/schoolviolence2.pdf https://www.ojjdp.gov/pubs/248547.pdf?ed2f26df2d9c416fbddddd2330a778c6=nnxrpdozn-nzubdzrr&utm_source=youth.gov&utm_medium=federal-links&utm_campaign=reports-and-resources https://www.ojjdp.gov/pubs/248547.pdf?ed2f26df2d9c416fbddddd2330a778c6=nnxrpdozn-nzubdzrr&utm_source=youth.gov&utm_medium=federal-links&utm_campaign=reports-and-resources 4 Although the perpetrators of the mass shootings that have ravaged…

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