We discussed in FS 5 ("What's the Beef?") that charters and traditional public schools should work to find common ground. Charter schools and traditional public schools can join together to celebrate the closure of a school found by a court to have violated the Constitution and state laws. As is our mantra, excellence in education is the ground on which both stand. Converting low performing … [Read more...] about The Freundian Slip: The Farmers and the Cowmen, Vol. 2
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Validates Charter School Enrollment Caps
On May 27, 2014, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that an enrollment cap on a charter school is valid if agreed to by the parties as part of a written charter. In arriving at its holding in The School District of Philadelphia v. Department of Education and The Walter D. Palmer Leadership Partners Charter School, the Supreme Court interpreted the applicability of a 2008 revision to the Charter … [Read more...] about Pennsylvania Supreme Court Validates Charter School Enrollment Caps
The Freundian: Slip What The Dickens!?!?!
In a case that calls up Dickens’ novels exposing the conditions for children in Victorian England, an arbitrator recently returned a teacher to the classroom whose practices seem taken right off the pages of Oliver Twist. The school dismissed the teacher. However, an arbitrator returned the teacher to the classroom despite the fact that the teacher was found to have: Called students loser, … [Read more...] about The Freundian: Slip What The Dickens!?!?!
Would a Sperm Donor Agreement Have Made a Difference in Jason Patric’s Quest To Be Recognized as a Father?
Just last week, Jason Patric won an appeal that a Los Angeles Court of Appeals handed down in his fight to establish and maintain rights of his four year old son, Gus. The actor fathered Gus with a former girlfriend who conceived the child through in-vitro fertilization. Although the actor never signed a birth certificate, the court heard testimony that he did sign forms at the IVF Clinic as an … [Read more...] about Would a Sperm Donor Agreement Have Made a Difference in Jason Patric’s Quest To Be Recognized as a Father?
Pennsylvania Employers Should Review Employee Benefit Plans and Policies After Federal Court Strikes Down Same-Sex Marriage Ban
On May 20, 2014, Pennsylvania became the 19th state to strike down laws that banned same-sex marriage in the case of Whitewood v. Wolf. Governor Corbett announced he has no plans to appeal the decision entered by Judge John E. Jones, III; however, the Commonwealth defendants officially have thirty (30) days to appeal the ruling. Meanwhile, as the time to appeal winds down, employers should review … [Read more...] about Pennsylvania Employers Should Review Employee Benefit Plans and Policies After Federal Court Strikes Down Same-Sex Marriage Ban
Pennsylvania Takes Major Step Down The Aisle to Marriage Equality, Brings Many Legal Changes for LGBT Couples
Yesterday, May 20, 2014, a federal judge struck down Pennsylvania’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples, ruling that it unconstitutionally discriminates against lesbians and gay men. Judge Jones’s order directs the Commonwealth to permit same-sex couples to marry and to recognize valid out-of-state marriages. The lawsuit, Whitewood v. Wolf, was filed on behalf of a widow, 11 couples who wish to … [Read more...] about Pennsylvania Takes Major Step Down The Aisle to Marriage Equality, Brings Many Legal Changes for LGBT Couples
