Connecticut · School Talk

No Government Should Be Able to Tell You or Me to Put My Child in Harm’s Way

I am proud to call Gwen Samuel my friend. She fights hard, extends grace, assumes best intentions, and believes in all children. She doesn’t want standards lowered for Black children—she wants us to do right by them in their schools so they can reach the same bar that we expect other children to reach. Because… Continue reading No Government Should Be Able to Tell You or Me to Put My Child in Harm’s Way

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Media Alert: Connecticut Parents Union Rallies at Court House to Oppose Empty Seats in Magnet Schools

  BRIDGEPORT, CT — Members of the Connecticut Parents Union will hold a demonstration today outside of the Brien McMahon Federal Building in Bridgeport to support LaShawn Robinson, plaintiff in the case of Robinson v. Wentzel. Robinson v. Wentzell, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, challenges the Connecticut State Department… Continue reading Media Alert: Connecticut Parents Union Rallies at Court House to Oppose Empty Seats in Magnet Schools