A new lawsuit against the state of Massachusetts alleges that Massachusetts is violating its own constitution by denying Black and Latino students equal educational opportunities.
The lawsuit, filed in Suffolk County Superior Court Wednesday, alleges that state policies have led to tens of thousands students concentrated in racially segregated school districts.
“The students live in communities that are intensely segregated,” said Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, executive director of Lawyers for Civil Rights, one of the groups representing the plaintiffs.
“They live in places where they go to school with kids who look like them for the most part. They live in communities like Springfield and Lawrence and Brockton, among others — all places where they are denied the ability to learn with and from other students across lines of difference.”
The lawsuit claims that Massachusetts operates a “two-tiered” school system, where a number of the highest-performing schools in the country contrast with school districts that are “defined by concentrated poverty.”
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Featured Photo: The lawsuit names several cities where there is high teacher turnover and inadequate facilities. Magdiela Matta/GBH News