Former Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona, who was recently made U.S. Secretary of Education, is named in a lawsuit appeal brought by the Connecticut Parents Union in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals over the…
Sheff v O’neill
Hartford parents who say their children were denied entry into Connecticut’s magnet schools because of state-mandated racial quotas won a legal victory on March 15, when a U.S. District Court judge ruled their lawsuit, Robinson…
The Connecticut Parents Union filed a lawsuit in federal court on February 20 against the state of Connecticut alleging racial quotas meant to keep the state’s magnet schools diverse are actually preventing minority students from gaining access…
Empty school desks and chairs were arranged on the steps of the U.S. District Courthouse in Bridgeport Tuesday for a press conference with parents of children who have allegedly been denied entry into magnet schools…
Seven families with children in the Hartford public school system filed suit against the State Department of Education, the Hartford Public Schools Board of Education and Gov. Dannel Malloy -- among others -- today over…
A newly released report from state auditors begs the question: What is going on at the Connecticut State Department of Education? The long and alarming critique of the agency showed officials bypassing the lottery system…
Groton has been trying in vain to meet state racial balance requirements for its schools since 2000, but now city leaders have a new idea: build one giant middle school. The effort - known as the…