Sentences with phrase «sheff desegregation case»

When one of the attorneys in the famous Sheff desegregation case said, «the state has an obligation to provide great, racially diverse schools,» Connecticut's Supreme Court agreed and ordered the legislature to take definitive action to reduce racial isolation in the state's urban public schools.

Not exact matches

In my last blog, written before taking a summer hiatus, I talked about Sheff v. O'Neill, a desegregation case in Connecticut, decided in 1996.

All three proposals were introduced as pieces of the state's negotiated settlement with plaintiffs in the Sheff v. O'Neill desegregation case for the 2014 - 15 year.

In the case of magnet schools, the growth has come as a result of implementing the Sheff v. O'Neill desegregation settlement.

In 2011 - 12, a majority of magnet schools and technical schools were «integrated,» as measured by the standard set forth in the 2008 settlement agreement of the landmark Sheff v. O'Neill school desegregation case: a school with a student body composed of between 25 % and 75 % minority students... In contrast, only 18 % of charter schools met the Sheff standard.