August 2012: Latino Education Task Force announces MALDEF’s plan to investigate the cause of the achievement gaps for students of color. MALDEF announces that if necessary, it will sue the State of New Mexico, alleging education...
Read MoreSAN ANTONIO, TX – MALDEF attorneys sent a letter to a Texas school district Friday warning that it was in violation of the U.S. Constitution for treating parents with foreign government-issued identification differently than...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is pleased to announce the recipients in its 2018-19 Law School Scholarship Program. Since MALDEF’s founding, the civil rights organization has awarded...
Read MoreFresno, CA. – A California Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that students and community organizations may sue the State of California, through the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for failing to monitor and hold school...
Read MoreSACRAMENTO, CA – A federal court dismissed a First Amendment lawsuit today after a Northern California school district agreed to a settlement with a mother who charged the district with barring her from her son’s elementary...
Read MoreTUCSON, AZ – A federal court of appeals Monday dismissed a request by Tucson education officials to end a decades-long desegregation case because the district failed to make that request in a lower court. The order from the...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Adelanto Elementary School District board members voted earlier this week to switch from an at-large election system to a single-member system in response to a letter from MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and...
Read MoreBAKERSFIELD, Ca. – A coalition of Latino and Black students, their parents, community groups and the Kern County Office of Education (KCOE) have reached a settlement of a lawsuit involving a dispute over the enrollment of...
Read MoreTUCSON, AZ – A federal court of appeals should dismiss a request by Tucson education officials to end a decades-long desegregation case because the district failed to make that request in the lower court, according to a motion...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES — The New Mexico Public Education Department has publicly stated that it intends to appeal a court ruling that the state has failed to live up to its constitutional obligation to provide a sufficient education to all...
Read MoreIn Martinez v. State of New Mexico, a state court ruled that New Mexico’s education system violates the state constitution because it fails to provide all students an adequate public education.
Read MoreSanta Fe, NM – A state court ruled today that New Mexico’s education system violates the state constitution because it fails to provide students a sufficient public education. Families and school districts in the...
Read MoreSacramento, CA – In a ruling that recognizes the critical right of all parents to participate in their children’s education, a federal court today rejected Gustine, California school officials’ attempt to dismiss a Latina...
Read MoreLawsuit alleges that the principal of an elementary school in Merced County, California, violated a Latina mother’s constitutional rights by banning her from campus in response to criticisms of her son’s treatment in class.
Read MoreSanta Fe, NM – Attorneys from MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) and the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty (the Center) have filed closing briefs for their consolidated lawsuit (Martinez v....
Read MoreCivil Rights Groups Battled for Three Years to Stop Discriminatory Practices Denying Students Their Educational Rights.
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