Mr. Kirp was the founding director of the Harvard Center for Law and Education, which filed landmark lawsuits seeking equal educational opportunity. (nytimes.com)
The lawyers are asking for a hearing in August and a written plan from the state as to how it intends to meet the basic education mandate outlined in the decades - old landmark lawsuit, known as the Leandro case. (wunc.org)
Judge Howard E. Manning Jr. is in charge of making sure the state hasn't forgotten about the Leandro case, a decades - old landmark lawsuit that says all children - regardless of their socioeconomic backgrounds - deserve a «sound, basic education.» (wunc.org)