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Resources
2009 Legislative Session
2008 Settlement Agreement
Research Reports
Order our DVDs
- "40 Years of Project Concern and Project Choice" (30 minute dvd) available for $5 (or free if you plan to show it to a group of friends, students or colleagues), contact ptegeler@prrac.org
- "How we did it in Simsbury" (15 minute dvd) guide for planning a Project Choice host parent program in suburban towns (NOT YET AVAILABLE -- PLEASE CHECK BACK IN MAY 2008)
Sheff Movement news items from 2007-2009
Sheff Supporters Speak Out On Budgets June 16, 2009, The Hartford Courant
Press Release: Parents Urge Governor Rell to Support Sheff Two-Way Integration Programs
20-year battle for 20 magnet schools April 27, 2009, WTNH.com News Channel 8
Sheff V. O'Neill Case A 20-Year Study In Persistence In Hartford April 27, 2009, The Hartford Courant
Danbury benefits from 20-year-old Sheff lawsuit April 24, 2009, The News Times
SHEFF MANDATE IMPERILED: Don't Let Budget Undo Hartford's Education Gains March 29, 2009, The Hartford Courant
A 'Stolen' Education March 26, 2009, The Nation
EDUCATION AND DIVERSITY: Bill Would Increase Open Choice Funding March 24, 2009, The Hartford Courant
Marginal Costs, Enormous Benefits: Connecticut's School Choice is National Model February 21, 2009, CTNews Junkie
BROKEN SCHOOLS: State's unfair funding system creates the problem February 8, 2009, New Haven Register
Municipalities Must Pay For Their Students At Magnet Schools January 16, 2009, The Hartford Courant
Good Plan, Bad Timing January 10, 2009, The Hartford Courant
Five-Year Plan For Desegregating Hartford-Area Schools Presented January 7, 2009, The Hartford Courant
Fairs Inform Families Of School Options December 10, 2008, The Hartford Courant
Hartford's Capital Prep Serious About Success December 5, 2008, The Hartford Courant
Magnet School Prepares Students For Careers In Public Safety October 9, 2008, The Hartford Courant
A Magnet for Success September 25, 2008 Hartford Advocate
Kindergarten with IB theme opening at Silva's August 1, 2008 East Hartford Gazette
Capitol Region Education Council Opening Four Magnet Schools July 31, 2008 The Hartford Courant
The Integration Report July 9, 2008, The Civil Rights Project at UCLA
A Public Safety Summer July 12, 2008, The Hartford Courant
Hartford Courant Editorial: "Hope For Sheff Success" July 1, 2008, The Hartford Courant
Hartford Magnet School Sends Off First Graduating Class June 14, 2008, The Hartford Courant
Pathway Grads Urged To Aim At The Impossible June 13, 2008, The Hartford Courant
State Residents Support Sheff Initiatives June 12, 2008, The Journal Inquirer
Hartford's Sport and Medical Sciences Academy Graduates 76 June 12, 2008, The Hartford Courant
Another Step In Hartford In Sheff Desegregation Case June 12, 2008, The Hartford Courant
Windsor School Board Queries Magnet Facility Task Force May 21, 2008, The Hartford Courant
Stan Simpson on Pathways to Technology Magnet May 10, 2008, The Hartford Courant
New East-of-the-River Magnet Marine Sciences High School May 9, 2008, The Hartford Courant
Sheff Plan Passes Legislative Committee Test April 23, 2008, The Hartford Courant
Hartford Courant Editorial in support of new settlement April 21, 2008, The Hartford Courant
Sheff Parties Ask Legislators To Approve Settlement April 16, 2008, The Hartford Courant
Sheff Ship Needs A Captain April 9, 2008, The Hartford Courant
How I Think About Sheff v. O'Neill April 8, 2008, Colin McEnroe's "To Wit" Blog at blogs.courant.com
Recognize Sheff Progress March 22, 2008, The Hartford Courant
School Desegregation Agreement Withdrawn March 5, 2008, The Hartford Courant
City Needs Diversity In Magnets March 5, 2008, The Hartford Courant
Official Seeks More Power In Sheff Case, The Hartford Courant, November 14, 2007
Open Dialogue On Sheff, The Hartford Courant, November 10, 2007
Money Should Follow City Kids To Suburbs, The Hartford Courant, November 9, 2007
Colin McEnroe with Project Choice Campaign coordinator Phil Tegeler on WTIC, 11-8-07
Elizabeth Horton Sheff and state representative Andrew Fleischmann on WNPR's "Where We Live," 11-2-07
Segregation Has To End
Recent Events
Sheff Movement Meeting
Saturday, November 21
9:30 to 11
Hartford City Hall
Recap of our recent trip to Washington DC and discuss the current state budget status, including possible upcoming suburban transportation issues.
The Sheff Movement brought seven supporters - parents, grandparents, and Project Choice students - to Washington DC for a conference on school integration. They are pictured here with John Brittain.
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National Conference November 13, "Reaffirming the Role of School Integration in K-12 Public Education Policy: A Conversation Among Policymakers, Advocates and Educators," brought together top Department of Education officials to speak with educators, parents, civil rights advocates, and scholars who support racially and economically integrated K-12 public schools.
Sheff v. O'Neill 20th Anniversary Event
April 27, 2009, 5:00 - 7:30 pm
UConn Law School: featuring Susan Eaton. Read Susan Eaton’s April 27, 2009 presentation (original version) (annotated with footnotes)
April 11, 2009, 9:30 - 11 am, Hartford City Hall: Sheff Movement Meeting
Sheff Movement meeting
Saturday, December 20, 2008
9:30 to 11 am
Hartford City Hall in the Council Chambers
We'll discuss the state's education budget and the Sheff Comprehensive Management Plan.
Please email your RSVP or other agenda ideas to ldd001@gmail.com
Regional School Choice Fairs underway
Learn more about the quality, integrated public schools in the region. The new Regional School Choice office is hosting a series of magnet school fairs around the region. Click here for a schedule.
- Sheff Movement meeting
Saturday, November 22, 2008
9:30 to 11 am
- October 28: Multicultural Education Conference
The Sheff Movement coalition presented two workshops at the New England Conference on Multicultural Education (NECME), Wednesday, October 8 at the Connecticut Convention Center.
- August 7-8: CREC's Choice Summer Institute
A two-day seminar for anyone interested in the new Sheff agreement and its implications
Hosted by CREC with guest speakers (including the Sheff Movement coalition's Liz Dupont-Diehl)
Two Rivers Magnet Middle School
337 East River Drive, East Hartford, CT 06108
- Project Concern / Project Choice All Class Reunion July 26, 2008
For graduates and Project Concern paraprofessionals, bus drivers, and staff members.
6-11pm at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and Resorts located at 50 Morgan Street, Hartford.
For graduates and Project Concern paraprofessionals, bus drivers, and staff members.
- Sheff Movement Annual Meeting
At the Breakthrough Magnet School
Saturday, April 26, 2008, 9:30 - 12:00
- Education Committee
Legislative Hearing on the new settlement agreement
Legislative Office Building, Room 2c
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
- November 6-9, 2007
Sheff v. O'Neill compliance hearing
Superior Court, Hartford
This is the hearing that was made necessary when the legislature failed to approve the recent settlement approved by the Sheff plaintiffs and the State Board of Education and Governor. The judge will consider what should be done in the next phase of the implementation of Sheff v. O'Neill remedies. We are encouraging parents and supporters of the Sheff voluntary integration programs to come to court and learn more about the next phase of the case. At the Hartford Superior Court, 95 Washington Street.
- November 14th, 2007
DVD screening at the Hartford Public Library
5:30 - 7:30 pm
'Forty years of Project Concern and Project Choice": A screening of the new 30-minute video documentary about Hartford's city-to-suburb school integration program. Featuring interviews with alumni and founders of the Project Concern program and a discussion about the future of the program. Welcoming reception at 5:30; film at 6:00 followed by discussion.
Materials From the Recent Sheff v. O'Neill Hearing
Other Resources
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