They then discuss how
the desegregation lawsuits in the 1960s, demographic shifts starting in the 1950s, California's Proposition 13 property tax reduction measure, and the legalization of teacher unionization in 1975 delegitimized and hollowed out the old institution.
An inter-district
desegregation lawsuit in St. Louis appeared near resolution last week as a federal district judge agreed to postpone for seven days a hearing to determine the liability of eight suburban school districts for segregation in the city's schools.
Not exact matches
She grew up
in Hartford and, as a child, was among the plaintiffs
in the Sheff vs. O'Neill school
desegregation lawsuit.
When you look at the
desegregation cases here
in Buffalo, [that was a]
lawsuit.
A new study, appearing
in Education Next, shows that
in the 34 districts under federal
desegregation orders, including the 24 districts specifically named
in the DOJ
lawsuit, LSP transfers actually improve integration
in both the public schools students leave and the private schools
in which they enroll.
Representatives
in a long - running
desegregation lawsuit involving Mississippi's higher education system have reached a $ 503 million settlement that is intended to address decades of deliberate racial segregation
in state colleges and universities.
Nearly six years after Connecticut's landmark
desegregation order, the group that initiated the
lawsuit that led to the ruling is asking the courts to step
in again — this time with a plan of its own that proposes how state leaders should carry out the mandate.
Hogan and Hartson, a Washington law firm that represents numerous education clients and has been a key player
in several major
desegregation lawsuits, will be a limited partner
in her new venture.
Resurrecting long - ignored school
desegregation lawsuits of the 1970s, the DOJ petitioned a federal district court to permanently enjoin Louisiana from awarding any vouchers to students
in districts operating under federal
desegregation orders until the state had received authorization from a federal court.
The program has recently come under fire from the U.S. Department of Justice, which has filed a
lawsuit alleging the program is impeding federal school -
desegregation efforts initiated
in the 1970s.
In a stinging rebuke, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the U.S. Department of Justice's «disingenuous» attempt to use a decades - old
desegregation lawsuit to curb or control Louisiana's voucher program for low - income students assigned to failing district schools.
From the Hartford Courant: Frustrated plaintiffs
in the Sheff v. O'Neill
lawsuit accepted a new agreement Friday to continue
desegregation efforts
in Hartford, asking a judge to approve a one - year extension that does little more than maintain the status quo during the state's fiscal troubles.
While their
lawsuit would not have revoked vouchers that the state had already distributed, it would have blocked all future vouchers to students
in districts under
desegregation orders without federal permission.
Because the DOJ is not a party to all
desegregation lawsuits, the list of
lawsuits it maintains on its website, while useful, is not an exhaustive account of these cases
in the United States.
Foley Hoag's pro bono program has been a hallmark of the firm since it represented plaintiffs
in the original Boston public schools
desegregation lawsuit.