Regional Conference to Highlight Integration, Innovation: Hartford's two-way integration system is national model

HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by One Nation Indivisible:

WHO: 

• Elizabeth Horton Sheff, M.Ed., Lead Plaintiff, Sheff v. O'Neill
• Amy Stuart Wells, Professor of Sociology and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
• Nicholas Donohue, President and CEO, Nellie Mae Education Foundation
• William Trent, Professor, Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Robert Kim, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Operations and Outreach, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education
• Ofelia Wade, Spanish Dual Language Immersion Program Director, Utah State Office of Education
• Rep. Jay Kaufman, Massachusetts State Representative, Fifteenth Middlesex District
• Maria Pacheco, Executive Director, Education Alliance at Brown University
• John Brittain, Professor of Law, Univ. of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law
• Susan Eaton, Research Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School and Co-Director, One Nation Indivisible

WHAT:
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in 1996 that segregation in Hartford and area public schools violated the Connecticut Constitution. As a result, more than a third of Hartford Black and Latino children attend integrated schools, including 40 interdistrict magnet schools in participating suburban districts. But more needs to be done to guarantee the right of every Hartford student to a quality integrated education. Sponsored by One Nation Indivisible and the Sheff Movement, "Where Integration Meets Innovation," will highlight best practices and examine new options. The two-day conference includes:

• 9:00 am (11/8) Bus tours of magnet schools with integrated classrooms
• 1:00 pm (11/8) Panel: Brown v. Board of Education for a New Generation: Educators, Parents, Activists and Civil Rights Lawyers Closing the Opportunity Gap in Greater Hartford
• 5:30 pm (11/8) Panel: Harnessing Diversity's Potential: Employing Student-Centered Learning and Technology to Achieve Equity and to Build 21st Century Skills
• 10:00 am (11/9) Panel: Building the Beloved Community: Policy, Practice and Renewed Purpose in a Diverse Nation

For the complete agenda, go to: http://www.onenationindivisible.org/hartford

WHERE:
Hartford Public Library (Friday afternoon, 11/8 at 1 pm)
500 Main Street Hartford, CT 06103

Mary Hooker Environmental Sciences Magnet School (Friday evening, 11/8)
440 Broadview Terrace Hartford, CT 06106

The Learning Corridor (Saturday 11/9, all day)
43 Vernon Street Hartford, CT 06106

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Dottie Kyranos – 781-605-9263; [email protected]
John Humphries - 860-216-7972; [email protected] 
Susan Eaton - 617-216-6388; [email protected]

SOURCE One Nation Indivisible