Gloria Romero, the originator of the infamous parent trigger, has just begun a new organization she’s calling the “Foundation for Parent Empowerment.” You can read about her announcement here. You can also read about her past history of faux parent engagement in some previous posts.
Two tweets from this morning, prompted by the publication and tweeting of a new post Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig titled Parent trigger laws: Wolves in sheep’s clothing and astroturfing: @dfer_ca @larryferlazzo @professorjvh Parent Trigger challenges status quo…power to the parents.This is a civil rights fight. — Gloria Romero (@DFER_CA) March 25, 2013 @dfer_ca @larryferlazzo What […]
Gloria Romero, the former California State Senator who attacked the PTA and compared schools to batterers, was warned by the state ethics agency for violating lobbying restrictions in her advocacy for the parent trigger. You can read about it in the Los Angeles Times: Former state Sen. Gloria Romero warned about lobbying.
Examining California’s Parent Trigger Law is a new segment from NPR. Here is its description: California’s new “parent trigger” law allows parents with children at a troubled public school to “trigger” one of four school intervention models simply by signing a petition. Parents in Compton have done that already. Gloria Romero, the former California state […]
The Los Angeles Weekly, a big supporter of the parent trigger law, has just published a story that indicates that parent trigger supporters seem to be going over the edge… In the article, they are not only attacking teachers and their unions, but now they’re attacking…the PTA? Also, Gloria Romero, defeated candidate for State Superintendent […]
The Los Angeles Times reports today that State Senator Gloria Romero has just amended her unfortunate legislation to supposedly help California get more federal funds for education to include yet another amendment that I’m not thrilled with — it parents new power to trigger change at a school. You might think this to be a […]