Newark Special Ed Settlement, A Decade in the DetailsWith an agreement in place, the real work of honoring promises begins
Ten years in the courts and with some of its original plaintiffs long out of school, a federal lawsuit contending that Newark effectively cheated thousands of students of special education services has been settled -- with promises all around.
But the agreement finalized last week in U.S. District Court between the district, the Christie administration, and the plaintiff families may be more a beginning than an ending, since now the tough work starts in making those promises stick.
"Is this finally the end?" said Ruth Lowenkron, an attorney with the Newark-based Education Law
