Sentences with phrase «plaintiffs in»

Plaintiffs in the case argued that their school facilities were severely under - resourced compared to nearby white schools, and experts testified on the negative impact segregation has on children's self - esteem.

Anita Earls, executive director of the Durham - based Southern Coalition for Social Justice and a litigant for plaintiffs in the case, suggests Kagan's ruling on the congressional districts could be a signal.

Last month, my organization, Students Matter, issued its support of California's AB 934 — a state bill that, though imperfect, honestly attempted to address the grave defaults in the state's teacher tenure, dismissal and layoff laws challenged by the student plaintiffs in Vergara v. California.

Black plaintiffs in Alabama appeal decision to allow white city to secede from its school district washingtonpost.com/news/education...

Meanwhile, the Coalition to Invest in Public Schools, representing many of the lead plaintiffs in the current funding adequacy case, has adopted as one of its principles adamant opposition to «the use of public funds to provide financial resources to private elementary and secondary schools through funding of programs or materials, tax credits, virtual charters, and / or vouchers, and considers such funding an improper use of tax revenue and public monies.»

The changes, however, prompted Students Matter, the organization supporting the student plaintiffs in the Vergara trial, to withdraw its support for the bill, calling it «a mere shell of its former self.»

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.

A New Way to Rate L.A. Unified's Teachers What kind of process for evaluating teachers can possibly be devised by a determinedly reform - minded administration, a stubborn union and plaintiffs in a hostile lawsuit?

Ann McColl, general counsel for the North Carolina Association of Educators, one of three groups representing plaintiffs in this case, said it won't be that simple.

4 More Miramonte School Students File Lawsuits in Child Abuse Case The list of plaintiffs in the case over alleged child abuse by teachers at Miramonte Elementary School is getting a little longer.

They shouldn't have to fight in court as plaintiffs in lawsuits, and their parents shouldn't have to fight with school boards each year to keep critical programs and dedicated teachers.

The preponderance of evidence, including research presented by the plaintiffs in this case and noted by the court, shows that special population funding levels are dramatically lower than what is needed to provide an excellent education to many Texas students.

CEA is one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

But one of the attorneys representing the 25 plaintiffs in the case who oppose the school voucher program, North Carolina Justice Center's Christine Bischoff, offered a different perspective.

The plaintiffs in the case were nine California school children who claimed that they were deprived of a quality of education by the application of the laws.

I am looking forward to continuing our work with the parent plaintiffs in PEJ's teacher quality cases, and to launching new initiatives with the 50CAN network that will expand the scope of legal strategies improving public education for kids all across the country.

Counsel for the plaintiffs in the Martinez and Vergara cases took the The Wall Street Journal: Poor Children Need a New Brown v. Board of Education.

While Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy was one of the original plaintiffs in the case, upon being sworn in as Governor Dannel Malloy, the self - described education proponent completely reversed his position and has spent that last five years wasting precious time and taxpayer funds in his concerted effort o delay, derail and destroy what is probably the most important Connecticut legal case in our lifetimes.

The plaintiffs in Forslund v. Minnesota are four mothers from Duluth, St. Paul and Minneapolis.

The plaintiffs in CCJEF v. Rell charge that the state is violating the constitutional right of Connecticut's children to an adequate education by depriving school districts of billions of dollars.

The plaintiffs in this case are proud union members who are grateful for their union benefits.

The plaintiffs in the case, Vergara v. California, argued that the tenure system for public school teachers in California verges on the absurd, and that those laws disproportionately harm poor and minority students.

Plaintiffs in the second case, Wright v. New York, filed a complaint in July that challenges both LIFO and the law under which teachers are granted or denied tenure after three years.

What kind of process for evaluating teachers can possibly be devised by a determinedly reform - minded administration, a stubborn union and plaintiffs in a hostile lawsuit?

The plaintiffs in Davis, along with others in NAACP school desegregation suits filed in Clarendon County, South Carolina; New Castle County, Delaware; and in Washington, D.C., would eventually be added under the umbrella of a larger desegregation case headlined by Topeka, Kansas» Brown v. Board of Education.6

Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy was one of the original plaintiffs in the case court aimed at forcing the State of Connecticut to implement an adequate school funding formula.

I want to thank our partners in advocacy for their support of this event: The Northeast Charter School Network who have been the chief advocates for the plaintiffs in Western New York and, of course, the NYC Charter School Center, who have been unwavering supporters of every charter school in this city.

Cook is now one of seven plaintiffs in a major lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Gainesville by the National Education Association (NEA) and the Florida Education Association (FEA).

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.

Charging that the Justice Department, which filed the suit in January 1981, will not adequately represent the black plaintiffs in the case, the civil - rights group filed its request late last month.

Then Maryland state superintendent Nancy Grasmick decided to join the plaintiffs in successfully requesting that a court - appointed oversight team be permitted to review Walter Amprey's appointments above the rank of teacher.

Ruling for the plaintiffs in Dwyer would have required the court to tell the people of Colorado they are not in fact sovereign.

The plaintiffs in the case, minority students in California, had argued that California's teacher tenure system violates the equal protection clause because it protects teachers who are ineffective, and poor and minority students are more likely to be assigned these ineffective teachers.

Susan Cole, a lawyer who represents the plaintiffs in a 13 - year - old lawsuit charging that the district has failed to provide adequate special - education...

The plaintiffs in the case contend that annual state funding for public schools must increase by at least $ 900 million.

Massachusetts 2020 and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, along with education, civil rights and child advocacy leaders, submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in support of the plaintiffs in the Hancock vs. Driscoll school financing case.

he Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research was established in 1988 to serve as a living tribute to the attorneys, community organizers and plaintiffs in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision of May 17, 1954, Brown v. the Board of Education.

In February 2010, Judge Julie Spector agreed with the plaintiffs in a terse three - page opinion devoid of any analysis.

He was an expert witness for the plaintiffs in Vergara v. California.

You'll finish the book wondering why the topic hasn't received proper attention before; after all, lawsuits have been filed in at least 39 states to date, with victories for the plaintiffs in 25 All - star contributors include school finance guru Eric Hanushek, teacher salary myth - slayer Michael Podgursky, and constitutional scholar Kenneth Starr.

The red bubbles in Figure 1, which indicate the districts identified as successful by the plaintiffs in the Massachusetts litigation, illustrate a concrete example.

The two formed a consulting group known as Picus and Associates and have become increasingly popular among groups seeking to expand school spending, be they plaintiffs in funding lawsuits, teachers unions, or state departments of education.

Courts have found for the plaintiffs in more than half of the cases on the grounds that schools are not «adequately» funded (see Figure 1).

Under the agreement with the district and the plaintiffs in the case, the state has agreed to provide funding for reading instruction, preschool and kindergarten programs, and training to help teachers work with low - income and minority children.

Adequacy cases decided in favor of plaintiffs in numerous states, such as Campbell County v. Wyoming, have emphasized that the state has a unique obligation to fund schools at high levels, even if other parts of the budget must suffer.

Recently, plaintiffs in two prominent cases, in New York and North Carolina, successfully -LSB-...]

The original plaintiffs in Zelman argued that parental independence is compromised by an administrative process that sends the voucher check directly to a religious school to be signed by the parent.

Further, the plaintiffs in this lawsuit would have to show a real dispute between the school district and the DOE.

In the same way that the old segregationist laws of the South forced blacks to the «back of the bus,» the California law amounts to «relegating minorities to the back of the courthouse under the subtle laws of the «New North,»» argued Laurence H. Tribe, a Harvard University constitutional scholar representing the minority - group plaintiffs in the Los Angeles school - desegregation case.

Within the past year, plaintiffs in Connecticut and Michigan have filed new lawsuits imploring federal courts to recognize a federal constitutional right to education.