Sentences with phrase «justice in education»

Dr. Sonia Nieto has devoted her professional life to questions of diversity, equity, and social justice in education.

Currently she is a doctoral student in the Humanities, Social Science and Social Justice in Education Department at OISE, University of Toronto.

Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen today announced the state will appeal part of the court's ruling in Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding (CCJEF) v. Rell.

Education Commissioner Deanna Wetzel testifies about her experiences as a teacher at the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education funding trial (Hartford...

ItAGs bring together educators, parents, students, and community members to focus on topics related to social justice in education, and to take action connected to what they learned.

But the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding, a statewide coalition of municipalities, local boards of education, education associations, unions, pro-education advocacy organizations, parents, public schoolchildren and taxpayers, are working to change that once and for all.

At the same time, magnet schools have gone unfunded and the state is doing everything in its power to dismiss or delay the CCJEF (Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding) vs. Rell case which would require the state to honor its obligation to adequately fund public schools, an obligation which it has never met.

Stamford is part of a statewide coalition, called the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding (CCJEF), which filed a lawsuit in 2005 claiming that ECS's flaws violate the state's constitutional guarantee to provide all children with an adequate public education.

Even worse, the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding has found that the state underfunds the Bridgeport Public Schools by $ 5,446 per student or approximately $ 119 million each year.

Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding, Inc. v. Rell, 295 Conn. 240 A. 2d (Conn. 2010)(Schaller, B.R., concurring).

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled a lower court erred in dismissing claims filed in 2005 by the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding.

Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding, Inc. v. Rell, 295 Conn. 240 A. 2d (Conn. 2010)(Zarella, P. T., dissenting).

In testimony last week before the Connecticut General Assembly, the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding [CCJEF] identified the most serious problems with Malloy's plan to slash funding for public schools in Connecticut.

As a candidate seeking votes, Malloy's gubernatorial campaign wrote, «Stamford Mayor and Gubernatorial Candidate Dan Malloy joined fellow members of the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding [CCJEF] today in filing a lawsuit challenging Connecticut's existing school funding formula as inadequate.

As the recent CCJEF press release explains, Dianne Kaplan deVries served as The Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding's Project Director until her recent death.

It was during the governorship of M. Jodi Rell that the suit was filed under the banner of the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding, arguing that Connecticut children are being shortchanged by state funding formulas, and that the state is not meeting its obligation to provide an «adequate» education to all children.

Read the Hour's story entitled, «Rilling named to Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding; school funding lawsuit goes to trial in September,» which explained,

One seeks to dismiss the case because it is either moot or not yet ripe for trial, and for a second time since the case was filed, also seeks to remove the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding as a plaintiff.

In testimony before the General Assembly's Appropriations Committee last week, the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding [CCJEF] presented the rationale behind Connecticut conducting an Education Adequacy Cost Study in order to determine the level of resources that are really needed to ensure that every child has access to their constitutionally guaranteed right to a quality education.

Pledge to grow the movement for racial justice in education.

It appears from the motions filed in late January by the state in the Connecticut Coalition of Justice In Education Funding v. Rell lawsuit that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a former prosecutor, would prefer to fight schoolchildren in the courtroom than to sit down with plaintiffs and realistically consider the state's options.

While the Malloy, Wyman and Jepsen were able to delay the day of reckoning, the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding («CCJEF») v. Rell school funding lawsuit is finally set to begin on January 12, 2016 in a Hartford courtroom.

Driving the issue was the constitutional challenge brought by the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding (CCJEF), charging that the state's current school finance system is inadequate and inequitable.

Despite having promised their support for the lawsuit, they are now not only trying to get the case dismissed, but are asking the court to prevent the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding [CCJEF], a broad coalition of towns, schools, parents and public school advocates, from even serving as the plaintiffs in the case.

In testimony before the Connecticut General Assembly's Education Committee yesterday, the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding [CCJEF] explained why a cost study is so critically important to the development of a fair and comprehensive school funding formula.

Eleven years ago, the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding (CCJEF) brought a suit against the state of Connecticut charging that the state's school funding formula had been so corrupted that it violated Connecticut's Constitution by failing to provide cities and towns with sufficient state aid to ensure that every child received a proper public education.

Specifically, as part of the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding v. Rell case, the coalition, Advocates for Educational Choice, is asking the state Supreme Court for -LSB-... continue]

«The Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding [CCJEF] is in discussion with our attorneys in regard to our legal options in light of the Attorney General's decision to appeal the landmark CCJEF v. Rell decision.

There, she studied and researched instructional improvement, organizational learning, and social justice in education while teaching in Michigan's teacher education and education policy programs.

The suit was filed by the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding, a group that included parents, students, teacher unions and municipalities.

Neoliberalism and justice in education for sustainable development: A call for inclusive pluralism

As Director of Leadership Connection for Justice in Education (LCJE) and Coordinator of Public Programs at UC Berkeley, Daphannie led the development and adoption of a strategic plan, supported coaches, taught classes and managed district partnerships.

Source: Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding, Inc. v. Rell, 295 Conn. 240 A. 2d (Conn. 2010)(Schaller, B.R., concurring).

Source: Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding, Inc. v. Rell, 295 Conn. 240 A. 2d (Conn. 2010)(Zarella, P. T., dissenting).

The organization is not affiliated with the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education or any of the plaintiffs in the CCJEF v. Rell case.

In his decision on Wednesday in Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding (CCJEF) v. Rell, Connecticut Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher made a lengthy, wide - ranging ruling on education and equity in our state.

[iv] See, Plurality Opinion of the State Supreme Court, Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding vs. Rell.

Social justice in education varies by the individual people involved and not involved; obvious and not - obvious culture; social class and economics; gender and identity; context and community; space and time.

Now Wendy and Jonathon need to guide concerned CT voters toward an organization to spearhead law suits in CT to bring about justice in education.

Black Participatory Research: Power, Identity, and the Struggle for Justice in Education.

She manages a statewide team, leading, creating, and implementing a vision to promote civil liberties, civil rights, and racial, economic, and equal justice in education in California through legislation, litigation, and advocacy.

When it comes to equity and justice in education, superintendents have a major role to play.

Black participatory research: Power, identity, and the struggle for justice in education.

CEA Executive Director John Yrchik says, «We are pleased that we and other members of our coalition (the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding or CCJEF) can proceed.

With many groundbreaking publications to his credit, he has analyzed the cultures, languages, and texts of urban youth, using quantitative, critical literary, ethnographic, and sociolinguistic research methods to answer complex questions at the center of equity and social justice in education.

ICYMI: A historic decision was rendered in the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding case.

Speaking of court cases, a decision in the historic Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding case is due next week.

She is a former elementary school teacher whose passion for children and social justice in education pushes her to fight for equity and full inclusion for children of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

Lecker writes, «As Stamford's mayor, Dannel Malloy was an original plaintiff in the pending school funding case, The Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding v. Rell, and led the charge to win just and equitable funding for Connecticut schools.

Although her legacy is yet to be fully written and those who will benefit the most from her incredible work may never know her name, as the leading force behind the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding [CCJEF], Dianne has been and will remain the most vital force behind the historic effort to ensure that Connecticut's public schools are adequately and fairly funded and that every Connecticut child is provided with the education, knowledge and skills they need to live more fulfilling lives.