Join Us for Dialogue w/Mayoral Candidates at June’s Monthly Coalition Meeting < Back June 2015 Meeting Who: Come meet Hartford’s mayoral candidates. What: Join Us for Dialogue w/Mayoral Candidates at June’s Monthly Coalition Meeting Where: SMC Offices - 75 Charter Oak Ave. 06106 When: June 20, 2015 at 2:00:00 PM Come meet Hartford’s mayoral candidates; ask them to support continued expansion of quality, integrated education. The Sheff Movement is pleased to welcome most of Hartford’s mayoral candidates to our monthly coalition meeting on June 20th. We will use this opportunity to provide an update on progress toward achieving access to a quality, integrated education for all students in the Hartford region. We will engage in a structured dialogue with the candidates to learn how their leadership would support our coalition’s goals. To emphasize the positive impact that Sheff programs are having on the Hartford community, we will highlight some of this year’s award-winning magnet school programs, including Breakthrough Magnet School, R.J. Kinsella Magnet School of the Performing Arts, the Connecticut IB Academy, and Academy of Aerospace and Engineering. Mayor Pedro Segarra will be in CA attending the Annual US Conference of Mayors on June 20th, but we have confirmations from candidates Luke Bronin, Joel Cruz, John Gale, Robert Killian, Theodore Cannon, and Giselle Jacobs. We hope that you will join us for this important gathering to make sure the candidates understand the importance of continued support for the region’s magnet schools, Open Choice and other Sheff programs. Read the report of what happened at this event. Previous Next

SMC Updates < Back September 2015 Meeting Who: Led by SMC Staff/Leadership What: SMC Updates Where: SMC Offices - 75 Charter Oak Ave. 06106 When: September 19, 2015 at 2:00:00 PM Previous Next

Leadership Planning Meeting < Back April 2023 Meeting Who: What: Leadership Planning Meeting Where: Virtual: Via Zoom When: April 22, 2023 at 2:00:00 PM Meeting Agenda Welcome Opening Sheff Movement Updates School Based Advocacy Teams Community Based Advocacy Teams May Monthly Meeting Upcoming Projects Closing RSVP HERE Previous Next

SMC Updates < Back April 2017 Meeting Who: Led by SMC Staff/Leadership What: SMC Updates Where: SMC Offices - 75 Charter Oak Ave. 06106 When: April 22, 2017 at 2:00:00 PM Previous Next

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Recap of our recent trip to Washington, DC and discuss the current state budget status, including possible upcoming suburban transportation issues. < Back November 2009 Meeting Who: Led by SMC Staff/Leadership What: Recap of our recent trip to Washington, DC and discuss the current state budget status, including possible upcoming suburban transportation issues. Where: Hartford City Hall, Council Chambers When: November 21, 2009 at 2:30:00 PM Recap of our recent trip to Washington, DC and discuss the current state budget status, including possible upcoming suburban transportation issues. Related Resources: Reaffirming the Role of School Integration in K-12 Public Education Policy: A Conversation Among Policymakers, Advocates and Educators Friday, November 13, 2009, 10:00 AM Howard University School of Law Washington, D.C. Event Program Previous Next

SMC Updates < Back February 2016 Meeting Who: Led by SMC Staff/Leadership What: SMC Updates Where: SMC Offices - 75 Charter Oak Ave. 06106 When: February 27, 2016 at 3:00:00 PM Previous Next

SMC Updates < Back May 2019 Meeting Who: Led by SMC Staff/Leadership What: SMC Updates Where: SMC Offices - 75 Charter Oak Ave. 06106 When: May 18, 2019 at 2:00:00 PM Previous Next

SMC Updates < Back May 2017 Meeting Who: Led by SMC Staff/Leadership What: SMC Updates Where: SMC Offices - 75 Charter Oak Ave. 06106 When: May 20, 2017 at 2:00:00 PM Previous Next

SMC Updates < Back November 2008 Meeting Who: Led by SMC Staff/Leadership What: SMC Updates Where: Hartford City Hall, Council Chambers When: November 22, 2008 at 2:30:00 PM Previous Next

SHEFF MOVEMENT PUBLICATIONS NOTE: THIS PAGE IS CURRENTLY BEING UPDATED (MARCH 2022) 2017 Sheff Movement Legislative Priorities 2017 - Read more about the coalition's three 2017 legislative priorities: 1) Ensure that state education finance reforms strongly support and incentivize racial and economic integration both at the district and interdistrict levels. 2) Develop a unified and sustainable statewide school integration program. 3) Require that “progress toward racial and socioeconomic integration” be included in Connecticut’s education accountability systems. 2016 Sheff Movement Legislative & Advocacy Agenda 2016 2015 SMC Policy Brief: Pre-K Availability and Access in Hartford Region Magnet and Open Choice Schools - This Policy Brief will address some of the common questions about the scope and demand of the Greater Hartford Area’s Magnet and Open Choice Pre-K program (“RSCO Pre-K”) program including: How many Hartford and suburban students are in publicly funded Pre-K programs of all types? How many RSCO Pre-K seats are available? How do available RSCO Pre-K seats correspond to demand, particularly between Pre-K and Kindergarten? And finally, what are potential obstacles for families in accessing RSCO Pre-K programs? Sheff Movement Legislative Agenda 2015 2014 SMC Policy Brief: Simplifying the Lottery Process: Preferences - This policy brief provides an in-depth look at the system used for lottery preferences for regional integration programs (interdistrict magnet schools and the Open Choice program) in Greater Hartford. We believe that the preference system for student admission needs to be more transparent. An Introduction to the Voluntary Two-Way School Integration System in the Hartford Area Sheff Movement Legislative Agenda 2014 2013 An Introduction to the Voluntary Two-Way School Integration System in the Hartford Area Sheff Movement Newsletter: Winter 2012-13 - Our newest issue of Integrated Voices features the following articles: School Fairs Draw Large Crowds Test Scores Helping to Close State’s ‘Achievement Gap’ in Education Where Are They Now? Magnet School Diversity Struck a Chord with a Wethersfield Music Student Magnet School Settles Into Long Awaited Glastonbury Home Higher Graduation Rates for Magnets 2012 A Parents’ Guide To the Voluntary Two-Way School Integration System in the Hartford Area (2012) Sheff Movement Newsletter: Summer 2012 - In this issue of Integrated Voices: CREC Magnet Schools Under Sheff Settlement Outperforming State Averages and Reducing the Achievement Gap Magnet School Spotlight: Annie Fisher STEM Hartford Area Parents Attend National Conference on School Diversity A City Magnet Inspires A Former Suburban Student To Teach D.C. Youth Parent’s Corner by Lorenzo Blake Sheff Movement Newsletter: Spring 2012 - Our first issue of Integrated Voices features the following articles: Increase in Number of Children and Families Seeking Magnet Schools and Open Choice Programs New research on benefits of diversity in early education State of Integrated Education in the Hartford Region Magnet School Spotlight: Environmental Sciences Magnet School at Mary Hooker 7 Sheff Movement Legislative Agenda 2012 2011 Sheff Movement Legislative Agenda 2011 2010 A Parents’ Guide To the Voluntary Two-Way School Integration System in the Hartford Area (2010) 2008 Sheff Movement Survey Study by Alexis B. Browne, Lauren H. Friedman, and Sean T. Harrington - A new poll released by the University of Connecticut examines public attitudes toward voluntary school integration. The poll found that Connecticut residents strongly support the voluntary two-way integration programs that are the backbone of the Sheff v. O’Neill settlement agreement. Magnet School List (2008) 2007 Boston’s METCO Program: Lessons for the Hartford Area by Erica Frankenberg (2007) Improving and Expanding Hartford’s Project Choice Program by Erica Frankenberg (2007) To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key.

Discussion on the right to equal education, Sheff v. O’Neill court case, and Glastonbury’s participation in the Open Choice program. < Back Opening Doors for Open Choice Past Event Who: Speakers: Elizabeth Horton Sheff, Martha Stone, Tracy-Ann Johnson When: May 11, 2022 at 11:00:00 PM Where: Virtual Zoom Webinar Discussion on the right to equal education, Sheff v. O’Neill court case, and Glastonbury’s participation in the Open Choice program. Register The Glastonbury nonprofit TALK (Truth in Action with Love & Kindness) invites the public to “Opening Doors for Open Choice: Glastonbury and the Sheff Civil Rights Settlement,” a free Zoom webinar on Wednesday, May 11, at 7 p.m. Presented in collaboration with Welles-Turner Memorial Library, this community conversation will cover the constitutional right to equal, integrated education, and the Sheff v. O’Neill recently settled lawsuit on Connecticut’s failure to meet its constitutional obligation. It also will focus on Glastonbury’s participation in the Open Choice program, which enables urban students to attend public schools in suburban districts, and suburban and rural students to attend public schools in urban areas. Speakers will include Elizabeth Horton Sheff, Sheff Movement Co-Chair and plaintiff in the landmark civil rights lawsuit; Martha Stone, Co-Counsel for the Sheff case from its inception through recent settlement; and Tracy-Ann Johnson, parent of a Glastonbury Open Choice student and member of Glastonbury’s former Racial Justice and Equity Commission. Sheff will share how she and her then 10-year-old son, Milo, and the nine other plaintiff families, joined together in 1989 to sue Connecticut over the disparities in education available to Hartford vs. suburban public school students. She will explain why the Sheff case and movement continue to be vitally important today, and will describe the role of the magnet and Open Choice programs in helping to ensure access to equal education opportunities. Stone will explain the state constitutional protections at the heart of the Sheff lawsuit, and provide an overview of the case’s three-decade trajectory in the courts. Johnson will discuss why she decided to send her child to a Glastonbury public school through the Open Choice program, and will describe her own and other families’ experiences with the program. Registration is required. Visit https://tinyurl.com/y2hrp5zk to register Previous Next