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New white paper: Rethinking School Safety in the New Normal
In his decades of experience spanning many roles, PCG’s special education subject matter expert Will Gordillo has personally experienced some very tragic events on the job that unexpectedly escalated to a crisis-level, involving incidents of violence and threats initiated by students. While he was f...
/news-perspectives/new-white-paper-rethinking-school-safety-in-the-new-normal/PCG Cares fosters community in February
While it was a short month, staff across the U.S. enjoyed taking time to support organizations we believe in through PCG Cares. Check out our latest round-up below for highlights from our February volunteer work. PCGers are always generous with volunteering their time to those in need, so it’s no su...
/news-perspectives/pcg-cares-fosters-community-in-february/New Maryland law assists individuals to qualify for Medicaid automatically based on information on state tax return
On Monday, May 13, 2019, Governor Larry Hogan (R) signed a bill into law, which will automatically assist individuals to become enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program. The new law will permit a taxpayer to check a box on the state tax return which will cause the state’s health care exchange to det...
/news-perspectives/new-maryland-law-assists-individuals-to-qualify-for-medicaid-automatically-based-on-information-on-state-tax-return/Federal district court judge strikes down federal rule authorizing association health plans
On Thursday, March 28, 2019, Judge John D. Bates of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia struck down a regulation of the U.S. Department of Labor that permitted small businesses to band together to create association health plans (AHPs) that did not meet the benefits requirements ...
/news-perspectives/federal-district-court-judge-strikes-down-federal-rule-authorizing-association-health-plans/PCG at SXSW EDU: New insights on “equality,” “equity” -- and what they mean for education
“Equity” and “Equality” are two words that look alike, sound alike, and but for the difference of two letters, would be identical. But when it comes to delivering quality education for all children and young people, they are two words with profoundly different meanings and implications. However, man...
/news-perspectives/pcg-at-sxsw-edu-new-insights-on-equality-equity-and-what-they-mean-for-education/PCG celebrates Women’s History Month
This March, we proudly participate in the annual celebration of Women’s History Month to honor the many achievements of women throughout history and examine the issues that affect women today. We thank the women of PCG for the productivity, resourcefulness, experience, and perspective they bring to ...
/news-perspectives/pcg-celebrates-women-s-history-month/Highlights from SXSW EDU 2019
PCG staff recently attended one of the education industry’s premier events, SXSW EDU, in Austin, Texas from March 4-7, 2019. After months of hard work and planning, this proved to be our biggest year yet. PCG kicked things off by hosting an exclusive dinner event on Monday, March 4th and sponsoring ...
/news-perspectives/highlights-from-sxsw-edu-2019/Arizona Appeals Court voids state law provisions allowing hospitals to impose liens on Medicaid injured recipients
On Tuesday, March 12, 2019, a three-judge panel of the Arizona Appeals Court held that Arizona statutes that allowed hospitals to impose liens on Arizona Medicaid recipients who suffered accidents in order to recover the difference between the Medicaid payments and the hospitals’ costs violated Fede...
/news-perspectives/arizona-appeals-court-voids-state-law-provisions-allowing-hospitals-to-impose-liens-on-medicaid-injured-recipients/PCG at SXSW EDU: The transformational power of “presuming competence” in every student we teach
A friend of mine has what would be considered a significant disability: Mindy uses a wheelchair, has limited mobility, and communicates primarily by utilizing device she controls with the movement of her eyes to create text and speech output. She requires assistance from others to eat, get dressed, ...
/news-perspectives/pcg-at-sxsw-edu-the-transformational-power-of-presuming-competence-in-every-student-we-teach/PCG supports career readiness through Chicago Public Schools Job Shadow Day
For Ryan Witt, Senior Operations Analyst at PCG, it was a positive change of pace to welcome eight local high school students to PCG’s Chicago office for a recent Job Shadow Day. For the third consecutive year, PCG had juniors and seniors from Chicago Public Schools (CPS) focusing on careers in entr...
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