CLE efforts to end discriminatory admission practices to CTE schools and programs across the Commonwealth featured in Boston Globe article

CLE director Paul Weckstein was recently quoted in a front-page Boston Globe article published on July 20, 2024, titled: “‘We’re taking the wrong kids’: High-needs students lose out in vocational school admissions.” The article, written by Mandy McLaren and Christopher Huffaker, details patterns of discrimination in admission to career and technical education schools throughout the Commonwealth for English learners, low-income […]

CLE sues BPS for student information shared with ICE

On June 21, 2018, the Center for Law and Education, in conjunction with a coalition of students’ rights groups, filed a lawsuit against Boston Public Schools (“BPS”) to obtain public records that are being improperly withheld regarding BPS’ disturbing practice of sharing information with federal immigration officials, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) via the Boston Regional Intelligence Center […]