Resources

• 2009 Legislative Session
  
• 2008 Settlement Agreement
  
• Research Reports
  
• Order our DVDs
  
• Sheff Movement news items from 2007-2009
  
• Recent Events
  
• Materials From the Recent Sheff v. O'Neill Hearing
  
• Other Resources
  

• Why Sheff Still Matters: New Research on Poverty, Diversity and Achievement, by Susan Eaton and Gina Chirichigno, April 2009
• Why Sheff Still Matters: New Research on Poverty, Diversity and Achievement, with annotations, by Susan Eaton and Gina Chirichigno, April 2009

2009 Legislative Session

• Sheff Movement Background Briefing on the Governor's 2009 Budget.
• Testimony of Philip Tegeler to the Education Committee (March 9, 2009)
• Testimony of Susan Eaton to the Appropriations Committee (February 11, 2009)
• Sheff Movement Call to Action
• 2009 Sheff legislative summary submitted by the State Board of Education
• 2009 budget recommendations submitted by the State Board of Education

2008 Settlement Agreement

• 2008 Settlement Agreement
• Quick Summary of the 2008 Settlement Agreement
• The First Ten Years of Sheff v. O'Neill Implementation (PowerPoint from the ACLU)
• December 2008 Sheff v. O'Neill "Comprehensive Management Plan"

Research Reports

• The 2008 Sheff Movement Survey Study - public attitudes toward voluntary school integration (72 pages)

Read the press release

See the powerpoint summary

• Improving and Expanding Hartford's Project Choice Program (85 pages)

  Read the Executive Summary (10 pages)

• Boston's METCO Program: Lessons for the Hartford Area (18 pages)

• Brief of 553 Social Scientists in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, et al

• Voluntary K-12 School Integration Manual (From NAACP Legal Defense Fund)

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.

• 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

• "Missing the Goal: A Visual Guide to Sheff v. O'Neill School Desegregation, June 2007" by Jack Dougherty, Jesse Wanzer, Christina Ramsay (Trinity College)

• "Proposed Phase II Plan" by plaintiffs' expert Len Stevens

Other Resources

• New Regional School Choice Office school catalog details your school options, application procedures, and how the lottery works.

• Education Commissioner letter to Adamowski

• Education Commissioner letter to Bloomfield

• Education Commissioner letter to Hartford area

• Education Commissioner letter to Manchester

• Susan Eaton’s April 27, 2009 presentation (original version) (annotated with footnotes)

• The 2003-2007 interim settlement agreement (now expired)

• Impact of the Supreme Court's Decision in Seattle & Louisville

• Achieving the Goals of Sheff

• Sheff v. O'Neill Decision in Connecticuit Supreme Court, 1996