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    U.S. District Court for Connecticut Rules Hartford Black and Hispanic Plaintiffs Have Standing to Challenge Magnet Schools Racial Quotas
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    U.S. District Court for Connecticut Rules Hartford Black and Hispanic Plaintiffs Have Standing to Challenge Magnet Schools Racial Quotas

    by ctparentsunion_78xdlk March 15, 2019

    JUDGE RULED ROBINSON V. WENTZELL WILL PROCEED! 

    HARTFORD, CT – Yesterday was a huge victory for educational freedom and justice for Hartford Black and Hispanic children and their parents!
     
    LaShawn Robinson, the lead plaintiff of Robinson v. Wentzell was notified that their case to fight against unjust racial quotas in Connecticut Magnet schools will proceed in court.
     
     Both the State of Connecticut, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ACLU Racial Justice Program, and the Center for Children’s Advocacy, as Sheff v. O’Neil intervenors, tried very hard to have this case thrown out of court on a variety of grounds — forgetting that every child in Connecticut regardless of their race has a right to access safe and quality educational opportunities. 
     
    “…in Robinson v. Wentzell, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut rejected the state’s and intervenors’ motion for judgment on the pleadings. The court held that the case belongs in federal court and therefore rejected the state’s attempt to have the case heard by the Connecticut Supreme Court. The intervenors’ attempt to kick the case to the state trial court was also rejected. In addition, the court ruled that strict scrutiny applies to these overt racial classifications and that the Hartford plaintiffs have standing to challenge both the racial quota and the lottery. “ Pacific Legal Foundation, Attorneys for Plaintiffs.

    While this is only the first battle in what is sure to be a long fight for educational freedom for Hartford Black and Hispanic children, the CT Parents Union is committed to work with the plaintiffs of Robinson v. Wentzell to help protect the educational rights of all Connecticut children regardless of their race – especially the most vulnerable children.

    Yesterday, we as the State of Connecticut and the country just learned that children have Constitutional rights too!

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    March 15, 2019
  • Hartford Courant Op-Ed by Gwen Samuel: Why Connecticut parents are challenging racial quotas in our kids’ schools

    by ctparentsunion_78xdlk March 3, 2019

    MAR 03, 2019 – https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-samuel-racial-quotas-0303-20190303-vwbucv257nepdndclgfra7k7fm-story.html It’s been 65 years since the Supreme Court ruled in the historic Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision that racial segregation in public…

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  • Connecticut Parents Union File Federal Lawsuit Against State Opposing Magnet School Racial Quotas as Unconstitutional

    by ctparentsunion_78xdlk February 20, 2019

    Hartford, Connecticut — The Connecticut Parents Union (CTPU) has filed a federal lawsuit to end race-based enrollment quotas in public magnet schools that unjustly and unconstitutionally deny Black and Hispanic children on wait…

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  • Please Sign and Share Our Joint Petition

    by ctparentsunion_78xdlk February 13, 2019

    CT Parents Union and Pan-Asian-American Alliance of Connecticut started this petition to the Connecticut Legislative Education Committee STOP Racial Profiling in CT K12 Schools Parents, tax payers and community members…

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  • Support Educational Freedom In Connecticut

    by ctparentsunion_78xdlk January 31, 2019

    The Connecticut Parents Union  has launched a campaign, “Protect The Constitutional Rights of Children – Expand Educational Choice”, because every child deserves a safe and quality educational experience, regardless of their…

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  • Prudence Crandall Safety and Learning Initiative – Proposed Bill Number 574

    by ctparentsunion_78xdlk January 25, 2019

    AN ACT CONCERNING THE PRUDENCE CRANDALL SAFETY AND LEARNING INITIATIVE. To institute the “Prudence Crandall Safety and Learning Initiative” by establishing a task force to study education savings accounts.S Introduced…

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  • Invitation: Connecticut Parents Union 8th Anniversary and Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration – The Time Is Always Right To Do Right By Children.

    by ctparentsunion_78xdlk January 17, 2019
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  • Media Advisory: CTPU 8th Anniversary & MLK Celebration

    by ctparentsunion_78xdlk January 16, 2019
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  • FOX 61: Hartford parents file lawsuit alleging state discriminates against Black and Hispanic students

    by ctparentsunion_78xdlk January 14, 2019

    BRIDGEPORT — Gwen Samuel has a message for all of us. “We’re using the color of their skin to determine who gets an education. We can’t go back in time,”…

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  • A Message from Gwen Samuel, CTPU Founder

    by ctparentsunion_78xdlk January 6, 2019

    2019: THE YEAR OF BLACK & BROWN PARENTS ESCAPING THE BURNING SCHOOL HOUSE OF SO-CALLED INTEGRATION – AT LEAST IN CONNECTICUT.2019: THE YEAR OF BLACK & BROWN PARENTS ESCAPING THE…

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