The landmark Sheff v. O'Neill lawsuit is rightfully lauded for forcing the state to offer Hartford's children of color options they didn't have before it was filed in 1989. Today, nearly half of Hartford's students attend high-quality integrated schools.

But more than half don't.

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Hartford Courant, March 19, 2017

“It’s inexcusable that we’re allowing the conditions in the neighborhood schools to endure — it’s just wrong,” said Martha Stone, one of the civil-rights lawyers who brought the Sheff v. O’Neill desegregation lawsuit a generation ago.

More than 7,500 Hartford children attend the network of Sheff magnet schools created after the 1996 Connecticut Supreme Court decision. But thousands more lose out every year on the school-choice lottery and remain in poverty-stricken, racially segregated institutions ...

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Hartford Courant, March 18, 2017