Sentences with phrase «school desegregation lawsuits»

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.

She grew up in Hartford and, as a child, was among the plaintiffs in the Sheff vs. O'Neill school desegregation lawsuit.

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.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

States and local school districts violated Brown, lawsuits or non-violent protests (which often provoked violent reprisals) eventually led to desegregation orders, and then great vigilance was required to ensure those orders were enforced.

To me, it's completely unrelated to the agenda from Brown, which was about getting equal access to educational opportunities for students — you know, initially through desegregation, but the heritage of Brown is also a large number of school finance reform lawsuits that have been trying to advocate for equitable resource distribution between districts and schools.

The Advocate: Federal judge is dismissing 47 - year - old desegregation lawsuit against St. Landry school system http://bit.ly/2bVz5A9