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Selected resources about: Sheff v. O'Neill:1989 to 2007 Created: July 26, 2005 - Updated: Feb 2, 2006 |
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Web Sites | The Law | Books | Periodicals and Newspapers | Connecticut Documents The Sheff v. O'Neill lawsuit was filed fourteen years ago, when plaintiff Milo Sheff was in the fourth grade. On January 22, 2003, the parties involved agreed on a four-year plan, which the General Assembly approved on February 25th. In 1989, Milo was a student in the Hartford school system, but the issues raised in the case –segregation, racial and ethnic isolation, and the quality of education in urban schools – apply to the entire state. What progress has been made? What is the plan until 2007? Following is a list of print and electronic resources for those interested in Sheff v. O'Neill, equal educational opportunity, and school finance.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) describes itself as the "nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." The ACLU, employing educational equity litigation as a strategy for achieving educational reform, is involved in the Sheff v. O'Neill case. The Connecticut Civil Liberties Union, located at 32 Grand Street in Hartford, is an ACLU affiliate. The Civil Rights Project Harvard University The mission of the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University is to help renew the civil rights movement by bridging the worlds of ideas and action and by becoming a preeminent source of intellectual capital and a forum for building consensus within that movement. Research reports on diversity, metropolitan and regional inequalities, and school desegregation are among those available on this Website. Connecticut State Library This is "a checklist of materials in the collection of the Connecticut State Library dealing with integration in Connecticut public schools and related background information, with special reference to the Sheff v. O'Neill litigation." Connecticut State Department of Education Bureau of Equity and Choice
The Law This is the text of the 1996 Connecticut Supreme Court decision. This is the text of the press release issued by Attorney General Richard Blumenthal following the 1996 Connecticut Supreme Court decision. Sheff v. O'Neill decision and concurring and dissenting opinions / D'Ann Mazzocca Hartford, CT : Connecticut General Assembly, Office of Legislative Research, [1996]
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Periodical and Newspaper Articles The Hartford Public Library offers electronic access to articles through its iConn database service for patrons of Connecticut libraries. You will need your library card to log into the database.
from the local press:
Dunne, Diane Weaver. "Business Involvement: Sheff Plaintiffs Want Schools, Economic Development to Connect." Hartford Business Journal 12 November 2001. The Hartford Courant has published numerous articles about Sheff v. O'Neill. Some of them appear in a brief archive on the newspaper's Website. To locate additional articles from 1991 to date, search The Hartford Courant (Newsbank) database in iCONN, the Connecticut Digital Library . To locate earlier articles, contact the Library.from academic journals: Delaney, Stephen B. "Connecticut State Supreme Court Rules in Sheff v. O'Neill." Equity & Excellence in Education Volume 29, Number 3 (December 1996): p5(2). Lee, Mary Jane. "How Sheff Revives Brown: Reconsidering Desegregation's Role in Creating Equal Educational Opportunity." New York University Law Review Volume 74, Issue 2 (May 1999): p485-528. Parker, Dennis D. "Racial and Ethnic Isolation, Post Sheff v. O'Neill." Equity & Excellence in Education Volume 32, Issue 2 (September 1999): p5(7). Piliawsky, Monte. "Remedies to De Facto School Segregation: the Case of Hartford." The Black Scholar Volume 28, Number 2 (Summer 1998): p29(7). Ryan, James E. "Sheff, Segregation, and School Finance Litigation." New York University Law Review Volume 74, Issue 2 (May 1999): p529-573.
Connecticut.
State Board of Education.
Enhancing Educational Opportunities and Achievement,
[part 1]. [Hartford]: State of Connecticut, State Board of Education, 1998.
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