Deborah Gordon Klehr

February 12, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Last week we gathered in the Capitol in Harrisburg with other advocates, parents, educators, and students who are part of a statewide coalition called PA Schools Work to celebrate the anniversary of that pivotal ruling and to advocate for a proposed remedy to bring our school funding system into constitutional compliance.

By Deborah Gordon Klehr

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September 17, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

We filed this lawsuit in 2014, along with our co-counsel, the Public Interest Law Center and the law firm O'Melveny & Myers, on behalf of six Pennsylvania school districts, two statewide organizations and a group of parents. We are challenging a system that is denying thousands of schoolchildren the opportunity to fulfill their potential.

By Deborah Gordon Klehr

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August 14, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

For too many years, Pennsylvania has woefully underfunded public education. Only six states cover a smaller share of total K-12 education costs than ours. The state also distributes its funds inequitably.

By Deborah Gordon Klehr

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July 19, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

According to a recent report published by the Center on Regional Politics at Temple University, Pennsylvania is becoming permanently divided between have and have-not districts.

By Deborah Gordon Klehr

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March 30, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

The School District of Philadelphia recently implemented a zero-tolerance policy for students who have violated school rules. Zero tolerance means that for certain offenses, students are automatically punished without an individualized consideration of the specific circumstances of the student's misconduct.

By Deborah Gordon Klehr

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