I just saw this tweet from Ken Libby: Sneaky: parent trigger-like mechanism incorporated into WA charter initiative: blogs.seattletimes.com/uwelectioneye/… Wonder why they havent played that up… — ken libby (@kenmlibby) July 27, 2012 Washington State is preparing to vote on an initiative to support the creation of charter schools, an effort that has been voted […]
Parent Trigger Fires Again is a very good commentary by Diane Ravitch on the recent parent trigger court ruling. She brings together information from several different news sources, including info I didn’t know, including this: And the ruling ignores the clear language of the law, which does allow parents to remove their names from a […]
David B. Cohen just raised an important question on Twitter about the parent trigger: As far as I know, parents cannot petition to undo a parent trigger. Anyone know otherwise? What if 51% of parents in next yr or 2 disagree? — David B. Cohen (@CohenD) July 23, 2012 Does anyone know the answer?
I’ve previously posted about the rejection by the Adelanto School Board of a parent trigger petition because 100 parents said they were tricked into signing them. A judge ruled today that parents can’t rescind their signatures, and that the parent trigger effort can go forward. The district is expected to appeal, but hasn’t made a […]
What Really Happens When Parents Pull the “Parent Trigger?” is a good article from The Center For Media and Democracy. It gives a nice overview of the trigger’s origins and its problems. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning Why The Parent Trigger Isn’t Good For Parents, Kids Or Schools. Thanks to Leonie […]
The U.S. Conference of Mayors has hitched their wagon to a dying horse, the parent trigger, in a vote on Saturday supporting the idea. Of course, the trigger idea has failed in every attempt. And, as the late Gerald Bracey detailed, mayoral control of schools has a record that is almost as bad.
Though the idea of a parent trigger is clearly dying out, a similar proposal is under consideration in Michigan. The Michigan Association of School Boards, however, does not help the case to oppose the measure when their spokesperson makes comments like this in an email: “I would rather have the education professionals decide the plan, […]
I’ve often published posts here and guest columns elsewhere criticizing the parent trigger. However, I hadn’t heard until today that Education Secretary Arne Duncan supposedly supports it. Alexander Russo tweeted out a Reuters article saying: “The Obama administration backs parent trigger.” Since that was new to me, I searched online to see if there were […]
The parent trigger has become irrelevant in real life as it suffers defeat after defeat. However, that hasn’t stopped conservative financiers from bankrolling a movie with big stars that portray it as a success. You can read all about it at ‘Won’t Back Down’: Parent Trigger Gets the Hollywood Treatment. The New York Times also […]
Parent trigger misfires, again is by Dean Vogel, President of the California Teachers Association, and appeared in the San Bernadino Sun. Here’s how it ends: California students, parents, and school communities deserve better than this deeply flawed law and the questionable tactics of a group that is more interested in making national headlines than in […]
Paul Bruno has written a thoughtful piece over at This Week In Education titled Lack of Responsibility In Parent Trigger Laws. It’s definitely worth reading….
A Southern California school district found– again — that a Parent Revolution petition to initiate the parent trigger came up short. Here’s a Storify from the meeting: [View the story “Parent Trigger Fails Yet Again In California” on Storify]
Hopes and Fears for Parent Trigger Laws is a New York Times “Room For Debate” feature appearing today. You might also be interested in The Best Resources For Learning Why The Parent Trigger Isn’t Good For Parents, Kids Or Schools.
I’ve previously posted about the parent trigger proposal in the Florida legislature. Happily, the trigger continues its descent into irrelevancy since the Florida bill was defeated today. Here are a few articles about its defeat: Why Florida’s parent trigger bill failed in state Senate is by Valerie Strauss at The Washington Post. Tense fight over […]
Parent trigger: School tests California law that allows takeover via petition is an article in today’s Washington Post. You might also be interested in The Best Resources For Learning Why The Parent Trigger Isn’t Good For Parents, Kids Or Schools.
Here are three very interesting articles on the parent trigger debate in Florida: Parent trigger bill faces uncertain future is from The Tampa Bay Times. Education overhaul: ‘Parent trigger’ legislation clears hurdle, ready for Senate vote is from The Sun Sentinel. Fla. Senate panel clears parental ‘trigger’ bill is from The Herald Tribune.
California’s flawed ‘parent trigger’ is a fairly decent editorial from The Los Angeles Times. Even though the best parent trigger is no parent trigger at all, if it’s going to be kept The Times’ suggestions could only help.
A local newspaper tweeted tonight’s School Board Meeting in Southern California where the parent trigger petition was rejected. You can learn more about the parent trigger at The Best Resources For Learning Why The Parent Trigger Isn’t Good For Parents, Kids Or Schools. [View the story “Parent Trigger Fails (Again) In California” on Storify]
The same day the Los Angeles Times details the disaster of the parent trigger, The New York Times runs an article about an upcoming Hollywood movie about….the parent trigger. Financed and produced by the same people who did “Waiting For Superman,” the movie takes place in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania doesn’t have such a law). One major […]
The Los Angeles Times, which certainly can’t be described as an opponent of the so-called Parent Trigger, has just published an article headlined “‘Parent trigger’ campaign divides families at troubled Adelanto elementary school.” After having failed at their first effort in Compton (and dividing the school in the process), the Parent Revolution is at it […]