TABLE OF CONTENTS


Overview of the Collection

History

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Series I: Sheff v. O'Neill, 1965-1994

Series II: Bridgeport School Desegregation Files (undated, 1972-1983)





Connecticut School Desegregation Collection



Finding aid prepared by Archives & Special Collections Staff






Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
405 Babbidge Road, Unit 1205
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-1205



© 2005 University of Connecticut



Overview of the Collection
Repository: Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Creator: Tirozzi, Gerald.Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, PC.
Title: Connecticut School Desegregation Collection.
Dates: 1965-1994.
Quantity: 3.55 linear feet.
Identification: MSS20020044
Language: English.
Abstract: The issue of desegregation of Connecticut's schools became a legal one in 1975 and continues today. The collection provides an overview of regional and national concerns in the area of desegregation.

History

The issue of desegregation of Connecticut's schools became a legal one in 1975 and continues today. The collection provides an overview of regional and national concerns in the area of desegregation.

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Scope and Content

The collection contains legal files, documents, reports, studies, correspondence, publications, conference proceedings, papers and similar materials pertaining to two lawsuits concerning the desegregation of Connecticut's public schools.

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Arrangement

Series I: Sheff v. O'Neill (1965-1994) contains documents issued by state agencies, educational associations and the city of Hartford, as well as reports from academic institutions. Also included is a comprehensive, annotated bibliography of the documents compiled by David R. Gilmore. The exhibits have been arranged chronologically and assigned a file number, which is cross-referenced in the bibliography.

Series II: Bridgeport School Desegregation Files (undated, 1972-1983) contains publications, papers and conference proceedings collected in connection with the desegregation of the Bridgeport public schools. The materials are similar in nature to those in Series I and therefore have also been arranged chronologically by publication date.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.

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Related Material

Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of materials pertaining to various aspects of Connecticut history. See especially the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union Records. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the reference desk.

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Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Subjects:

Discrimination in education--Connecticut.
Educational law and legislation--Connecticut.
Minorities--Education--Connecticut--Hartford.
School integration--Connecticut--Bridgeport.
School integration--Connecticut--Hartford.
Segregation in education--Connecticut.
Sheff, Milo Trials, litigation, etc.

Document Types:

Correspondence.
Legal Records.
Publications.

Occupations:

Unknown.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item description, #:#], Connecticut School Desegregation Collection. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.

Acquisition Information

The Sheff v. O'Neill materials were donated in 1996, presumably by Mr. Tirozzi (no documentation). The Bridgeport materials were donated in 2001 by the law firm of Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder.

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Detailed Description

Series I: Sheff v. O'Neill, 1965-1994
1:1 Bibliography [see also Appendix A], undated
Exhibits [numbers correspond to bibliography]
1:2 1—Schools for Hartford, 1965
1:3 2—Summary of Harvard Report, 1965
1:4 3—Proposal to Plan and Study School Programs from Children Involved in a Regional Desegregation Plan, 1966
1:5 4—Equality and Quality in the Public Schools: Report of a Conference, 1966
1:6 5—Equality of Education Opportunity, 1966
1:7 6—Policy Statement Concerning Quality of Education for Children in Minority Groups, 1966
1:8 7—Policy Statement Concerning Quality of Education for Children in Minority Groups, 1967
1:9 8—Correspondence from Mr. Steel to Commissioner Sanders; Statement of Policy Proposed for adoption by representatives of NAACP to CT State Board of Education; Statement of Policy on De Facto Segregated Public Schools from Board of Regents, SUNY; Correspondence from NY Commissioner Allen to Local Educational Agencies, 1967
1:10 9—Minority Imbalance in Connecticut Schools, ca. 1967
1:11 10—Memo from Intergroup Education Division to Education Subcommittee, Legislative Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities regarding problem of interdistrict segregation, 1968
1:12 11—De Facto School Segregation and the Student: A Study of the Schools in Connecticut's Five Major Cities, 1968
1:13 12—Changes in Racial Composition and De Facto Segregation in Pupils in the Public Schools of Five Connecticut Cities: 1963-1967, 1969
1:14 13—A Study of Urban School Needs in the Five Largest Cities in Connecticut, 1969
1:15 14—Report of the Legislative Commission on Human Rights and opportunities, 1969
1:16 15—Racial Imbalance and Regionalization, 1969
1:17 16—Public Act No. 773: An Act Concerning Racial Imbalance in the Public Schools, 1969
1:18 17—Preliminary Report on the Distribution of Minority-Group Pupils in Connecticut Public Schools, 1968-1969, ca. 1969
1:19 18—Complaint in Lumpkin v. Dempsey, 1970
1:20 19—Community Development Action Plan: Education 1971-1975, 1970
1:21 20—Complaint in Hartford v. Meskill, 1972
1:22 21—Memorandum Summarizing Plaintiff's Proof in Lumpkin v. Meskill, 1972
1:23 22—Financing Connecticut's Schools: Final Report of the Commission to Study School Finance and Equal Educational Opportunity, 1975
2:24 23—A Plan for Promoting Equal Educational Opportunity in Connecticut, 1979
2:25 24—Advancing Equal Education Opportunity and Access to Quality Integrated Education in the Public Schools of the State of CT, ca. 1980
2:26 25—Advisory Report: Policy and Planning Implications, 1981
2:27 26—A Plan for Compliance with the Racial Imbalance Regulations of the Connecticut State Department of Education, 1981
2:28 27—Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 31, pp. 230-239, 1983
2:29 28—Connecticut's Challenge: An Agenda for Educational Equity and Excellence, 1984
2:30 29—A Report Providing Background Information Concerning the Chronology and Status of Statutes, Regulations, and Processes Regarding Racial Imbalance in CT Schools, 1984
2:31 30—Interim Report of the Racial Imbalance Law and Regulations Advisory Committee, 1985
2:32 31—Strategic Plan to Ensure Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Connecticut Public Higher Education, 1985
2:33 32—School Desegregation and Black Occupational Attainments: Results from a Long-term Experiment, 1985
2:34 33—The Issue of Racial Imbalance and Quality Education in Connecticut's Public Schools, 1986
2:35 34—Circular Letter C-15 on the State Board of Education Policy Statement on Equal Educational Opportunity, 1986
2:36 35—Metropolitan Education, 1, pp. 65-77, 1986
2:37 36—Connecticut's Common Core of Learning, 1987
2:38 37—Report from the Bilingual Education Legislation Review Task Force to the Commissioner of Education, 1987
2:39 38—Composite document containing deliberations on Racial Imbalance Act Regulations, 1969-1987
2:40 39—Connecticut State Department of Education Report on the Recommendations Issued by the Bilingual Education Legislation Review Task Force, 1987
2:41 40—Briefing on Existing State Programs, ca. 1987
2:42 41—A Report on Racial/Ethnic Equity and Desegregation in Connecticut's Public Schools, 1988
2:43 42—Alternate Proposal to Address Racial Imbalance, 1988
2:44 43—Background and Discussion Paper on School Racial/Ethnic Balance, 1988
2:45 44—Indicators of Success: A Report on Progress in Implementing the Goals and Objectives of “Design for Excellence: Connecticut's Comprehensive Plan for Elementary, Secondary, Vocational, Career and Adult Education, 1988
3:46 45—Quality and Integrated Education: Options for Connecticut, 1989
3:47 46—Cover Memo and Copy of Governor Weicker's Charge to the Commission on Quality and Integrated Education, 1989
3:48 47—Governor's Commission on Quality and Integrated Education Request for Foundation Support: Prospectus, 1989
3:49 48—A Pastoral Statement on School Desegregation in Connecticut, 1989
3:50 49—Review of Research on School Desegregation's Impact on Elementary, 1989
3:51 50—In Pursuit of Promise, 1990
3:52 51—Challenge for Excellence” Connecticut's Comprehensive Plan for Elementary, Secondary, Vocational, Career and Adult Education: A Policy Plan 1991-1995, 1990
3:53 52—Addendum to Background and Discussion Paper on School Racial/Ethnic Balance, 1990
3:54 53—Interoffice Memorandum on Crossing the Bridge to Equity and Excellence: A Vision of Quality and Integrated Education for CT, 1990
3:55 54—Chronology of State of CT Activities Advancing Racial/Ethnic Equity and Desegregation in CT's Public Schools w/ Cover Memo re State Racial Imbalance Laws, 1990
3:56 55—Special Connecticut Mastery Test Report: Students at Risk Academically, 1990
3:57 56—PAQIE: Inventory of Progress to Reduce Racial Imbalance, with cover memo from Joan Martin, 1990
3:58 57—Next Steps re “Quality and Integrated Education: Options for CT, 1990
3:59 58—Critical Components of Integration Plans, 1990
3:60 59—Strategic Plan to Ensure Racial and Ethnic Diversity in CT Public Higher Education: The First Five Years 1985-1990, 1990
3:61 60—Statewide Evaluation of the Priority School District Program: A Second Triennial Report, 1990
3:62 61—Crossing the Bridge to Equality and Excellence: A Vision of Quality and Integrated Education for CT, 1990
3:63 62—Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Key Strategies for Achieving High Quality and True Integration in CT's School: An Addendum to the Draft Report of the Governor's Commission on Quality and Integrated Education, 1990
3:64 63—Connecticut's Education Initiative: The Vision and Reality, 1990
3:65 64—Indicators of Success: A Report on Progress in Implementing the Goals and Objectives of “Design for Excellence: CT's Comprehensive Plan for Elementary, Secondary, Vocational, Career and Adult Education, 1986-1990, 1990
3:66 65—Meeting the Challenge: Condition of Education in Connecticut, 1990/91, 1991
3:67 66—Tables of Desegregation, Expenditures, Demographics, and Attitude Survey Data, Connecticut and Nationwide, 1991
3:68 67—Final Evaluation Report: 1990-1991 Hartford Project Concern Program, with Appendix: Almost 25 years of Project Concern: An Overview of the Program and its Accomplishments, 1991
3:69 68—Proposed Integration, Desegregation and Racial Balance Bills in CT, 1981-1991, 1991
3:70 69—A Major Proposal for the Restructuring of CT's Educational Delivery System, 1992
4:71 70—A Proposed Three Year Design for the Project Concern Evaluation, 1992
4:72 71—Connecticut's Limited-English-Proficient Students: A Neglected Resource, 1992
4:73 72—Solutions for CT's Public Schools in the 1990s and Beyond, 1992
4:74 73—The Urban Agenda, 1992
4:75 74—Connecticut Recruitment Network for Educational Diversity: Its Forum, 1992
4:76 75—Finding Niches: Desegregated Students Sixteen Years Later—Final Report on the Educational Outcomes of Project Concern, Hartford, Connecticut, 1992
4:77 76—Minority Students and Staff Report, 1992
4:78 77—Environmental Factors Influencing Educational Program Outcomes: A Review of Research, 1992
4:79 78—State Department of Education Activities in Response to Recommendations Proposed in “Crossing the Bridge to Equality and Excellence”, 1992
4:80 79—Total Education (Draft), 1992
4:81 80—Cover Memo to Attys. Tegeler and Stone re Exhibit 498, 1992
4:82 81—A Descriptive Study of the Educational Resources of the Hartford Public Schools and Disparities with other Districts, 1992
4:83 82—Major State Policies and Programs affecting Public Education, 1992
4:84 83—Plaintiff's Opening Argument in Sheff v. O'Neill, 1992
4:85 84—Opening Statement by Professor John Brittain in Sheff v. O'Neill, 1992
4:86 85—Opening Statement by Assistant Attorney General John Whelan in Sheff v. O'Neill, 1992
4:87 86—Indicators of Success: A Report of Progress in Implementing the Goals and Objectives of “Challenge for Excellence: Connecticut's Comprehensive Plan for Elementary, Secondary, Vocational, Career and Adult Education—A Policy Plan 1991-1995”, 1992
4:88 87—A Voice and a Choice for Connecticut: Governor Weicker Unveils Plan for Quality, Integrated Schools, 1993
4:89 88—Memorandum to CSDE Associated Commissioners and Bureau Chiefs re Testimony of Witnesses in Sheff v. O'Neill, 1993
4:90 89—Defendants' Post-Trial Brief in Sheff v. O'Neill, CV 89-0360977S, 1993
5:91 90—Plaintiff's Post-Trial Brief in Sheff v. O'Neill, 1993
5:92 91—Plaintiff's Reply Brief in Sheff v. O'Neill, 1993
5:93 92—Public Act No. 93-263 An Act Improving Educational Quality and Diversity, 1993
5:94 93—Guide for the Local Advisory Process under Public Act 93-263, An Act Improving Educational Quality and Diversity, 1993
5:95 94—Report on School Desegregation Survey, 1993
5:96 95—Request for Proposals: Interdistrict Cooperative Grant 1994-1995, 1994
5:97 96—Request for Proposals: Interdistrict Magnet School under the Interdistrict Cooperative Grant, 1994
Series II: Bridgeport School Desegregation Files , (undated, 1972-1983)
6:98 School Desegregation Organizers' Manual, undated
6:99 Bridgeport School Desegregation—Twenty Questions and Answers, undated
6:100 Your Child and Busing, 1972
6:101 It's Not the Distance, “It's the Niggers.” Comments on the Controversy over School Busing, 1972
6:102 School Desegregation in Ten Communities, 1973
6:103 Equal Opportunity in Suburbia, 1974
6:104 Continuing Challenge: The Past and Future of Brown v. Board of Education, 1975
6:105 Making Civil Rights Sense out of Revenue Sharing Dollars, 1975
6:106 Twenty Years after Brown: Equality of Educational Opportunity, 1975
6:107 Law and Contemporary Problems, v. 39, #2, 1975
6:108 Citizen Guide to Desegregation: A Report of the Citizens' Council for Ohio Schools, 1976
6:109 University of Chicago School Review, v. 84, #3, 1976
6:110 School Desegregation—Making It Work, 1976
7:111 Fulfilling the Letter and Spirit of the Law: Desegregation of the Nation's Public Schools, 1976
7:112 School Desegregation in Colorado Springs, CO, 1977
7:113 Adopt-A-School Dallas Style: A Community Participation Model, 1977
7:114 School Desegregation in Kalamazoo, MI, 1977
7:115 School Desegregation in Ogden, UT, 1977
7:116 School Desegregation in Erie, PA, 1977
7:117 School Desegregation in Minneapolis, MN, 1977
7:118 Viewpoints and Guidelines on Court Appointed Citizens Monitoring Commissions in School Desegregation, 1977
7:119 School Desegregation in Williamsburg County, SC, 1977
7:120 School Desegregation in Peoria, IL, 1977
7:121 School Desegregation in Little Rock, AR., 1977
7:122 School Desegregation in Nashville-Davidson, TN, 1977
7:123 School Desegregation in Racine, WI, 1977
7:124 School Desegregation in Kirkwood, MO, 1977
7:125 School Desegregation in Santa Barbara, CA, 1977
7:126 School Desegregation in Greenville, MS, 1977
7:127 School Desegregation in Waterloo, IA, 1977
7:128 School Desegregation in Ossining, NY, 1977
7:129 School Desegregation in Berkeley, CA, 1977
7:130 Government, Politics and the Public Schools: A Preliminary Study of Three Cities, 1977
7:131 Desegregation and Black Achievement (Working Paper), 1977
7:132 School Desegregation in Metropolitan Areas: Choices and Prospects, 1977
7:133 Urban School Desegregation Costs. Part I. Case Studies, 1977
8:134 Integrated Education, Issue #90, v. 15, #6, 1977
8:135 Evaluation of the Impact of ESEA Title VII Spanish/English Bilingual Education Program v. III, 1978
8:136 Resolving the Desegregation Issue in the St. Louis Public Schools. Part I, 1978
8:137 Citizen Guide to Quality Education: A Report of the Citizens' Council for Ohio Schools, 1978
8:138 Desegregation: Problems, Successes and Next Steps, 1978
8:139 Report and Recommendations of the Joint Select Committee on School Desegregation to the Ohio General Assembly, 1978
8:140 Resolving the Desegregation Issue in the St. Louis Public Schools. Part II, 1978
8:141 Orderly Schools that Serve All Children, 1979
8:142 Progress—A Report of Desegregation Trends in the States, 1980
8:143 Legal Analysis—Trends in School Desegregation Law #4, 1980
8:144 State Leadership Toward Desegregating Education: A Positive Future, 1980
8:145 procedural Manual for Monitoring, Dispute Resolution and Modification of Federal Desegregation Court Orders in the Boston Public Schools, 1983
APPENDIX A, PA 93-263 Evaluation Project,
THIRTY CONNECTICUT YEARS: A Bibliography of Desegregation Activity in Connecticut, by David R. Gilmore. 1965-1944