Hartford Teacher Advances Speech Lawsuit Over Privilege Training

A Hartford Public Schools physical education teacher may have been illegally reprimanded for speaking out against workplace training he believed amounted to race and gender bias, a Connecticut federal judge ruled.

The decision Tuesday by the US District Court for the District of Connecticut is the latest to address claims based on workplace education on diversity.

There’s conflicting evidence on whether the White male former employee’s spoke as a private citizen or a public worker and whether he addressed a matter of public concern, the US District Court for the District of Connecticut said, denying a defense motion for summary ...