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…