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Written by David Warren
DALLAS (AP) — A 14-year-old Muslim boy became a sensation on social media Wednesday after word spread that he had been placed in handcuffs and suspended for coming to school with a homemade clock that teachers thought resembled a bomb.
BOSTON – Representing five students who were denied seats at the city's public charter schools, three prominent Boston lawyers are suing the state, arguing that a cap on the number of available classroom seats unconstitutionally deprives students in failing Boston schools of an equal opportunity to receive an adequate education.
Attorneys William F. Lee of Wilmer Hale, Paul F. Ware, Jr. of Goodwin Procter and Michael B. Keating of Foley Hoag filed the class-action lawsuit Sept. 15 in Suffolk Superior Court, naming Secretary of Education James A. Peyser and the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education as defendants.