A coalition of advocacy groups and parents sued the state in 2018 alleging there is de facto segregation in New Jersey’s public school system. (Courtesy of the New Jersey Governor's Office) A closely ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Sharon Stanley discussed the difference between legal segregation and de facto segregation. She also discussed the concept of integration and ...

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit that alleges the state Education Department is responsible for continuing de-facto — or incidental — segregation in New Jersey's public schools are making progress in closed ...

The parties cross-moved for summary judgment on the complaint filed by plaintiffs. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants violated the New Jersey Constitution and various statutes by failing to remedy ...

Soon after the Supreme Court’s 1954 ruling that segregated schools are “inherently unequal,” many Negroes hoped that Northern de facto segregation caused by housing patterns would be labeled just as ...

In a case that could have momentous consequences for the state’s 674 school districts, a Superior Court judge has ruled that the state of New Jersey has systematically failed to address the problem of ...

Although the U.S. Supreme Court has clearly ruled that separate school systems for whites and Negroes are unconstitutional, de facto segregation resulting from residential patterns has until now ...

Plaintiffs have asked for remedies to the current system, which assigns children to school districts based on their neighborhood and ZIP code. Mediation talks have failed to reach a solution to a ...

Gov. Phil Murphy's administration has begun mediation discussions with a coalition of New Jersey nonprofits that sued the state alleging pervasive de facto segregation across the state’s public ...

On a June afternoon in 1966, the Rev. Dr. Virgil A. Wood strode through the auditorium door at the Patrick T. Campbell Junior High in Roxbury and called out to the school principal on the stage where ...