4,300 magnet schools educate about 3.5 million students nationally, making them a leading form of public school choice and a primary lever to promote integration. They have been viewed as …
According to a 1997 court decision, Connecticut must ensure that juveniles in state detention get a good education. But 23 years later, that’s still a challenge. We’ll discuss why there …
Parties in “Sheff v. O’Neill,” a long battle over school desegregation in Hartford, reached a settlement Friday afternoon. While in many communities throughout the country, school segregation is a thing …
In 1993, Martha Stone, a lawyer at the Center for Children’s Advocacy, brought a lawsuit challenging, among other things, the conditions of confinement at the state’s juvenile detention centers. Four …
Alicia B. vs. Malloy, the Center for Children’s Advocacy lawsuit challenging the inadequate education of expelled students in Connecticut, has settled. This settlement is a significant step forward for the …
After eight years as the state’s relentless champion for better education, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy failed to mention schools in his last state-of-the-state address Wednesday, which left education advocates troubled, …
