Education Week reports that Ohio Governor John Kasich is continuing is on-going attack on public schools with a push for a parent trigger in his state. To learn more about the fiasco known as the “parent trigger,” you might want to see The Best Resources For Learning Why The Parent Trigger Isn’t Good For Parents, […]
Parent trigger misfires by disrupting and dismantling local schools is a post by Caroline Grannan and Sharon Higgins at the Thoughts On Public Education blog. It’s worth a visit.
The California State Board of Education met yesterday and made some decisions about the parent trigger law. John Fensterwald at Thoughts On Public Education has a very informative post explaining what happened. Check it out.
The California Teachers Association’s magazine just published what I consider to be a pretty good article on the parent trigger. Check-out “‘Parent trigger’ launches firestorm in Compton.”
Compton school board rejects parent trigger effort is the headline of a Los Angeles Times article today. The saga continues…
Edtweak, which periodically publishes school reform-related parodies, recently published a piece on the “parent trigger.” Here it is: Teachers Face California’s Student Trigger Law Beginning next month, any child in a failing classroom will be able to remove her teacher, simply by collecting signatures from 50% of the class’s students. The law is the brainchild […]
“State education board delays fate of ‘parent trigger’ law until March” is the headline of a Sacramento Bee article describing what happened at today’s California State Board Of Education’s meeting. In other words, it showed some wisdom. Here is an excerpt: However, the fate of the “parent trigger” is undecided as the state board decided […]
As regular readers know, I have very serious concerns about the so-called “parent trigger.” This California law (which may be spreading to other states) allows 51% of parents whose children attend a “low-performing” school ( or parents who will have children attending that school in the future), to sign a petition and have major changes […]
Here are some links to useful new pieces on the Parent Trigger: Amina writes on the California’s Trigger law at Justice Matters Powerful “Parent” Trigger operators target vulnerable school; attack misfires by Caroline Grannan The San Jose Mercury News has an editorial in support of the parent trigger. More importantly, there are several good critical […]
The California State Board Of Education will be considering new rules for the so-called “parent trigger” law this week. This law allows 51% of parents whose children attend a “low-performing” school ( or parents who will have children attending that school in the future), to sign a petition and have major changes made — closing […]
The President of the California PTA has written a piece calling for major changes on how the “parent trigger” law is implemented. Here’s an excerpt from Jo A.S. Loss’ column, Strengthen and straighten out state’s parent empowerment process: Here’s the bottom line: Parents must have access to as much information as possible about all options […]
State faces a moving target in implementing ‘parent trigger’ law is the title of an article in today’s Los Angeles Times. It offers good information and analysis.
Former lawmaker won’t support changing ‘parent trigger’ law is an article from California Watch that provides interesting information, and it appears that trigger proponents don’t really have a grasp on how different an effort to unionize workers is from talking to parents, teachers, and districts about their schools. You can read my perspective on that […]
Emily Alpert, a San Diego reporter on education issues (whose articles I like a lot), has written a good, short article on the parent trigger. It’s definitely worth reading…
Yesterday, newly-elected Governor Jerry Brown made major changes to the California State Board of Education, including removing Ben Austin, the primary advocate of the parent trigger law. You can read all about it at a post by John Fensterwald. Here’s an excerpt on Mr. Austin’s removal (I wonder if some “school reform” advocates will ever […]
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 […]
Parent Empowerment or Parent Manipulation? by Martha Infante is a blog post at InterACT, the blog of Accomplished California Teachers (I’m a member of this statewide group). I’ve been writing about the so-called “parent trigger” since October, 2009, and you can see all of my posts on that topic here.
Schwarzenegger’s misleading account of ‘parent trigger’ is the title of Valerie Strauss’ most recent piece in The Washington Post. She refers to the guest post of mine she recently published. The comments are pretty interesting, too.
Here are a couple of articles on the parent trigger debate that appeared today: N.J. legislator proposes ‘parent trigger’ for failing schools Our lame-duck Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post supporting it.
The ‘Parent Trigger’ doesn’t help schools or parents is the headline of my new guest piece at The Washington Post. It’s about the California law that allows a majority of parents at a school to sign a petition and have the school converted into a charter.