https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi ELP 521 en-us 2018-11-15 18:52:37 UTC 2018-11-24 23:42:43 UTC hello@padlet.com amegs4 https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/304972609 This article discusses the pubic school obligations for students who are transgendered, or have identified as a gender other than what's on their birth certificate. This article discusses the ways the court stands in the favor of transgender student's rights, and notes the variety of ways to accommodate every students privacy. Further, the article discusses Title IX coverage regarding the definition of the word "sex" in terms of using the appropriate bathroom. Court cases brought by transgender students typically include that forcing them to use sex-segregated facilities based on their sex assigned at birth instead of based on gender identity violates their right to equal protection under the law as protected by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.]]> 2018-11-15 18:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/304972609 amegs4 https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/304982551 Failure to respond in a timely and appropriate manner to a report of bullying can have damaging effects on both the student, and the district. A student in Philadelphia was granted $500,000 due to the School District of Philadelphia not handing a report of bullying appropriately. The parent brought suit under the PA Human Relations Act, which is an anti-discrimination statutes. The school entities need to ensure that their employees understand bullying and reporting policies and understand what the appropriate steps are in reporting and handling bullying issues. ]]> 2018-11-15 19:15:55 UTC https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/304982551 amegs4 https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/304988023 Injuries can happen all the time while students are in the care of teachers and coaches. When teachers and coaches fail to see potential dangers, unintentional neglect can occur. A case was brought against the Dowingdown Area School District under the Tort Claims Act. ]]> 2018-11-15 19:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/304988023 amegs4 https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/304994756 The Department of Labor released a Final rule revising the definition of spouse under the FMLA, which took effect in March of 2015. Before the ruling, FMLA did not entitle an employee to take leave in order to take care of same-sex spouse with a serious health condition. The ruling also defines a spouse based on the place where the marriage was entered into rather than the state that the employee resides. ]]> 2018-11-15 19:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/304994756 amegs4 https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/305013725 Truancy is a true issue in schools today. Students attendance has hit lows for a varying number of reasons, however, the laws regarding truancy have gotten more strict over the years. In regards to cyber school, however, the laws have been changed in order to enforce consequences regarding not attending school. ]]> 2018-11-15 20:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/305013725 amegs4 https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/305018796 This article examines a court case that involves a student with autism that struggled to make academic progress once he reached fourth grade. His parents decided to pull him from his home school and place him in a private specialized school, where he flourished. The parents of the student are going to due process with the students home school. ]]> 2018-11-15 20:26:07 UTC https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/305018796 amegs4 https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/307442817 This article examines the ADA and how it failed one teacher in Milwaukee. A teacher claims that she was fired after a parent taunted her regarding a brain tumor that she once had, and was fired after the verbal altercation she had with the parent. The teacher taught at a Private Jewish school, and is now facing struggles with the courts regarding the matter. ]]> 2018-11-24 22:51:04 UTC https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/307442817 amegs4 https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/307443336 Diversity is and has been a hot button issue in the world we live in. Brown vs. Board of Education was a key component in integrating schools, however, it didn't work out the way it supposed to. This article discusses how more than half of Pennsylvania's public schools have no teachers of color.

]]> 2018-11-24 23:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/307443336 amegs4 https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/307444481 Funding is what keeps a school going, and when the funding is down, education falls. This is specifically what is happening in schools across the state of Pennsylvania as the costs to educate students is on the rise. This article outlines the rise in costs, and the fall in funding. ]]> 2018-11-24 23:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/307444481 amegs4 https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/307445192 When students from other lands find refuge in America, we are obligated to give them free access to education, which includes teaching these students how to speak English. The school district of Lancaster, however, decided that they were going to take the students and place them in an alternative school, which taught them nothing but sadness and despair.  This article describes the terrible things that 6 refugee students experienced when trying to find freedom in our country. ]]> 2018-11-24 23:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/amegs4/2khy8o788sfi/wish/307445192