Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Guest Speakers:
Alex A. Knopp Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School teaching The Education and Adequacy Project
and former Mayor of Norwalk CT
Jennifer Alexander Chief Executive Officer of Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now
Why? On Wednesday, September 7, 2016, Connecticut students received a huge victory in court!
Hartford Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher ruled in the case of Connecticut Coalition for
Justice in Education Funding (CCJEF) v. former Governor Jodi Rell that Connecticuts educational
system has continued to fail poor children. As a result, educational decision makers must submit a
comprehensive plan to the court in 180 days that will outline how they will address inequities in
education within Connecticut public schools such as education funding, educator hiring, teacher
evaluations and special education funding, just to name a few.
As community leaders throughout Connecticut, it is important that we debrief about how to sustain
this court decision that puts the needs of every Connecticut student first.
If you have any questions, please contact Bernard Thomas at (860) 758-5527 or email
thomas@hartfordknights.org or Gwen Samuel at (203) 443-3203 or email gwen@ctparentsunion.org.
Cordially,
Bernard Thomas
Bernard Thomas, Executive Dir.
Hartford Knights Youth Organization
Work: 860-756-5527 Fax: 860-756-5529