Court Cases Education

Court Orders Tucson School District To Reinstate Culturally Relevant Curriculum That Reflects The History, Culture and Experiences of Mexican Americans

Court Holds The State’s Current System Unconstitutional; Ruling Details Gross Inequities and Failures of the System for Low Income and English Language Learner Children

MALDEF Seeking Equal Funding for All Texas Students, Including Low Income and English Language Learner Children

Law and Policy Conversations across the Disciplines

Court Preserves Possible Use of Ethnic Studies as a Means to Remedy Ongoing Discrimination in 38-Year Old Case

The next phase of trial against school district focuses on quality and availability of critical programs

Educators, Parents and Community Leaders fully support first statewide adequacy lawsuit filed by MALDEF seeking fair share of funding for all Texas schools

Court finds the State’s current system unconstitutional and requires funding to be based on actual costs of providing a thorough and uniform system of public education

Funding for at-risk students is inadequate and irrational

MALDEF seeks equality for at-risk and English Language Learner Students

Community mourns loss of iconic United Farm Worker leader, brother to Cesar Chavez, and partner-in-life to Dolores Huerta

MALDEF Suit Seeks Reforms of Practices that Created Hostile Learning Environment and Deprived Student of Equal Opportunity

Court mandates continued federal monitoring of Tucson Unified School District desegregation policies