Education

SACRAMENTO, 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...

TUCSON, 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...

BAKERSFIELD, 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...

TUCSON, 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...

LOS 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...

In 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.

Santa 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...

Sacramento, 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...

Santa 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....

Civil Rights Groups Battled for Three Years to Stop Discriminatory Practices Denying Students Their Educational Rights. 

Los Angeles, CA – On June 15, 1982, the United States Supreme Court handed down a historic ruling that guaranteed all children access to a free public education from kindergarten to 12th grade, regardless of immigration...

Bill Deserves Conditional Support WASHINGTON, DC — MALDEF has long called for a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), but has insisted that any reauthorization must embody the law’s civil...