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School Integration: What Helps Kids Most? "A battle is brewing in the borough of Brooklyn, as overcrowding affects where children will go to school." CNN's Poppy Harlow lives in Brooklyn, NY, and has a personal interest in the rezoning of her school district. She was recently in Hartford to learn more about Sheff v. O'Neill, the city's educational equity lawsuit, and voluntary racial and economic desegregation. New York City's Department of Education rezoned Brooklyn neighborhoods, compelling children to attend a different elementary school. "This plan omits the obvious racial tension," says Reverend Dr. Mark Taylor. "Many parents don't want their children to come to PS 307." The story, including Poppy Harlow's interview with Center for Children's Advocacy executive director Martha Stone, one of the lead plaintiff attorneys in Sheff v. O'Neill, is online: http://www.kidscounsel.org/school-integration-what-helps-most/ Mobile Legal Van Helps Teens Because most clients can't get transportation, Attorney Stacey Violante Cote and her team go to the teens, posting on social media where the van will be. A lawyer and coordinator in the mobile office guide teens through things most of their peers take for granted. "They have legal rights to basic needs, like food assistance, financial assistance, medical care. And, if they don't know they have those rights, then they are going without," she said. http://www.kidscounsel.org/legal-van-helps-teens/