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OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

• Attorney Mark Rosenbaum’s press statement

ONLINE/PRINT NEWS

• The Detroit News – February 12, 2018
  • “DPSCD chief wants fresh start for literacy curriculum”

• The Detroit News – January 19, 2017
  • “Detroit backs DPS students in literacy fight”

• Detroit Free Press – January 19, 2017
  • “City of Detroit joins high-profile literacy lawsuit”
• Michigan Radio – January 13, 2017
  • “Settlement in lawsuit over Detroit school conditions; “right to read” suit moves ahead”

• Detroit Free Press – January 12, 2017
  • “Lawyers: Don’t blame Detroit kids for illiteracy”
• The Detroit News – November 20, 2016
  • “State says literacy not a right in Detroit”

• The New York Times – October 21, 2016
  • “Are Detroit’s Most Terrible Schools Unconstitutional?”

• CNS News – October 11, 2016
  • “A Constitutional Right to Literacy”

• The Detroit News – October 11, 2016
  • “Literacy lawsuit draws questions, call for investment”

• American Association for Justice – Trial News – October 6, 2016
  • “Class Alleges Michigan Public Schools Denied Students Their Right to Literacy”

• Chalkbeat – October 6, 2016
  • “U.S. Education chief knocks ‘uneven’ Michigan charter schools, urges caution in school closings”

• The Detroit News – October 6, 2016
  • “Finley: Teaching reading is all that matters”

• Detroit Free Press – October 2, 2016
  • “Detroit school lawsuit: Does U.S. Constitution guarantee literacy?”

• Detroit Free Press – October 2, 2016
  • “Nationwide legal team to fight Detroit schools lawsuit”

• The Gulf Today – September 28, 2016
  • “Laurence Tribe: Ensuring education for coloured kids”

• Alternet – September 27, 2016
  • “The Case for a Right to Education”

• Chalkbeat – September 26, 2016
  • “Months after symbolizing Detroit’s troubles, a once-decrepit school gets a chance to show off”

• Justia Verdict – September 23, 2016
  • “In a Case with Blockbuster Potential, Detroit School Children Assert a Federal Constitutional Right to Literacy”

• Los Angeles Times – September 22, 2016
  • “Op-Ed Classrooms with rats instead of teachers: Is Detroit denying children of color their right to an education?”

• WDET 101.9 FM – September 21, 2016
  • “Do Students Have A Constitutional Right To Literacy?”

• WZAK Cleveland 93.1 FM – September 21, 2016
  • “Detroit 8th-Grader Taught Math At Understaffed School, Lawsuit Says”

• News One – September 20, 2016
  • “Detroit 8th-Grader Taught Math At Understaffed School, Lawsuit Says”

• Detroit Free Press – September 17, 2016
  • “New lawsuit says we’re failing Detroit kids. It’s right”

• The College Fix – September 17, 2016
  • “Law firm argues on behalf of Detroit students: ‘constitutional right to literacy’”

• The Libertarian Republic – September 17, 2016
  • “8th Grader had to Teach Math Class for a Month in Detroit, Lawsuit Alleges”

• Fusion – September 16, 2016
  • “Lawsuit claims a Detroit 8th grader was forced to teach a math class in a ‘slum-like’ school”

• New York Daily News – September 16, 2016
  • “Eighth-grader taught math for one month at Detroit school because no teachers were available: lawsuit”

• The Detroit News – September 16, 2016
  • “Jacques: Suit could give schools to courts”

• Business Insider – September 16, 2016
  • “An 8th grader had to teach a math class for a month because Detroit schools were so understaffed, lawsuit alleges”

• The American Lawyer – September 15, 2016
  • “Sidley Signs on for Long Haul in Landmark Detroit Literacy Fight”

• Detroit Free Press – September 15, 2016
  • “Detroit teachers: Newly ratified deal just the start of fixing schools”

• The Detroit News – September 15, 2016
  • “Detroit teachers union OKs new contract”

• The Detroit News – September 15, 2016
  • “Howes: Two Detroits compete to shape comeback narrative”

• The Detroit News – September 14, 2016
  • “Detroit children have the right to literacy”

• Chalkbeat – September 14, 2016
  • “Eighth Grader Taught Classes And 23 More Startling Allegations In Schools Lawsuit”

• ABA Journal – September 14, 2016
  • “Detroit students are being deprived of their constitutional right to literacy, says federal lawsuit”

• The American Lawyer / Law.com – September 14, 2016
  • “Law Profs See Michigan Case as Potential ‘Brown v. Board’”

• Common Dreams – September 14, 2016
  • “Decrying State’s ‘Systemic and Deliberate Failure,’ Detroit Students Demand Constitutional Right to Literacy”

• Courthouse News Service – September 14, 2016
  • “Class Says Michigan Is Failing Detroit Students”

• Education Dive – September 14, 2016
  • “Student advocates target Michigan in federal suit over Detroit schools’ shortcomings”

• Jurist – September 14, 2016
  • “Lawsuit claims Detroit schools failing students”

• American School and University Magazine – September 14, 2016
  • “Detroit students who lack literacy skills sue state of Michigan”

• ABC News – September 13, 2016
  • “Suit: Michigan Violating Detroit Students’ Right to Literacy”

• The Guardian – September 13, 2016
  • “Detroit Civil Rights Lawsuit Attempts to Assert a Constitutional Right to Literacy”

• The Wall Street Journal – September 13, 2016
  • “Lawsuit Targets Detroit Public Schools for Failing Students”

• Reuters – September 13, 2016
  • “Lawsuit Accuses Michigan of Violating Detroit Students’ Rights”

• ABC7 WXYZ Detroit – September 13, 2016
  • “Detroit Public School Students Sue State, Say Constitutional Right to Literacy is Being Violated”

• Michigan Radio – September 13, 2016
  • “Lawsuit: Learning conditions in Detroit schools violate US Constitution”

• Politico Pro – September 13, 2016
  • “Gov. Snyder, Michigan Board of Education sued over Detroit schools”

• CBS Detroit – September 13, 2016
  • “State Responsible For Illiteracy in Detroit Schools, Lawsuit Claims”

• Chalkbeat – September 13, 2016
  • “How a lawsuit filed today in Michigan could have consequences for schools across the country”

• Fox2 News Detroit – September 13, 2016
  • “Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Detroit Students”

• Associated Press – September 13, 2016
  • “Michigan sued over poor reading skills of Detroit students”

• Detroit Free Press – September 13, 2016
  •  “Parents sue Snyder, saying Detroit students lack ‘fighting chance'”

• The Detroit News – September 13, 2016
  • “Suit: Detroit schoolchildren denied right to literacy”

BROADCAST NEWS

• WXYZ (ABC 7) – October 16, 2016
  • “Spotlight on the News”

• WJBK (Fox)  – October 3, 2016
  • “Fox2 Morning News”

• WJBK (Fox)  – October 3, 2016
  • “Fox2 News”

• HLN TV – September 19, 2016
  • “Michaela”

• HLN TV – September 19, 2016
  • “Morning Express with Robin Meade”

• WDBD (Fox) – September 16, 2016
  • “Fox 40 Morning News”

• WWJ AM Radio –September 16, 2016
  • Link to Clip

• WIND Radio – September 14, 2016
  • Link to Clip

• WDET FM Radio – September 14, 2016
  • Link to Clip

• Michigan Radio (WUOM) – September 14, 2016
  • Link to Clip

• Fox Business News – September 14, 2016
  • “Mornings With Maria Bartiromo”

• WJBK (Fox) – September 14, 2016
  • “Fox2 News Morning”

• NBC News Detroit – September 13, 2016
  • “Local 4 News at Noon”

• ABC7 News Detroit – September 13, 2016
  • “7 Action News at Noon”

• WJJ AM Radio – September 13, 2016

• Michigan Radio (WUOM) – September 13, 2016

• Fox2 News
  • “FOX2 News: Live at 11am” – September 13, 2016