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How Parent Trigger Disenfranchises Parents in California
A second Parent Revolution inspired parent trigger is underway in Los Angeles. LA Weekly’s Patrick Range McDonald has the details: Today, Latino and African American parents at 24th Street Elementary will vote to ratify who will operate their kids’ school … Continue reading
The False Narrative Florida House Republicans Are Using to Defend Parent Trigger
The phrase of the day was “give parents a seat at the table.” Watching today’s meeting of the House Education Committee for HB 867 on The Florida Channel revealed the clear philosophical divide between the two sides on Parent Trigger. Under sharp … Continue reading
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Tagged Carlos Trujillo, charter schools, charter schools in florida, education, education reform, Elizabeth Porter, Florida, Florida Board of Education, florida education, florida education reform bill, florida republicans, HB 867, House Education Committee, Janet adkins, Parent trigger, parents, schools
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Oklahoma Parents Don’t Like Jeb Bush’s Florida Model
From Tulsa World reporter Kim Archer: JENKS – Tulsa-area parents told legislators Friday that the state’s A to F grades for all Oklahoma schools should be retracted in light of a report slamming the validity of the school report card … Continue reading
Irony In Parent Trigger’s California Ruling: A Disempowering of Parents
Yesterday’s odd ruling by a California judge which paved the way for the nation’s first parent trigger to actually occur is based on one startling reality. Explains Parents Across America (PAA) founder Caroline Grannan: The parent trigger, an idea presented … Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, FLORIDA POLITICS
Tagged Adelanto, Anitere Flores, Ben Austin, Caifornia, Caroline Grannan, charter schools, charter schools in florida, education reform, Evelyn Lynn, Florida, Jeb Bush, Parent Revolution, Parent trigger, parents, Parents Across America, Patricia Levesque, school reform, Shirley Ford
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Parents Across America Hails Defeat of Florida’s Parent Trigger Bill
There’s lots of things that ed reform rock stars like Jeb Bush and Michelle Rhee don’t won’t you to know. Both would like you to believe that defeat of parent trigger came at the hands of dark forces of the teachers union. Maybe … Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, FLORIDA POLITICS
Tagged ALEC, california, caroline crannon, Compton, education, education reform, Florida, florida republicans, Florida schools, Jeb Bush, michelle rhee, opposition, Parent trigger, parents, Parents Across America, privatization, privatization of education, rita solnet, SB 1718
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Smacking Down Margaret Spellings
Last weekend’s Huffington Post piece by Bush-era Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings was a remarkable exercise in condescension and self-righteousness. Her mischaracterizations of teachers was unprecedented and representative of someone who never should have been in such a position of power … Continue reading
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Tagged children, DOE, education, education reform, Margaret Spellings, NCLB, No Child Left Behind, parents, poverty, privatization, Secretary of Education, teacher
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Save Our Schools Organizers Say “No, Thanks” to WH Invite
A statement was released by the executive committee last night. We sincerely appreciate the interest of the White House in the Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action. We’d be pleased to host any White House or Department … Continue reading
Obama, Duncan Try Last Minute Stunt to Steal Narrative from Save Our Schools DC March
Don’t let them. From Valerie Strauss: According to leaders of the Save Our Schools March, the White House has invited several of them to the White House on Friday, just a day
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Tagged arne duncan, education, education reform, March, obama, parents, public schools, Save Our Schools March DC, school reform, schools, SOS, teachers
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What Rick Perry’s Fascinating Opposition to Common Core Standards Could Mean
Sean Cavanagh reported yesterday that Texas has withdrawn from the influential Council of Chief State Officer’s citing the organization’s devotion to the adoption of Common Core Standards. The state’s commissioner of education, Robert Scott, made the decision to pull out … Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry
Tagged common core standards, council of chief state officers, department of education, education reform, Florida, florida education, high stakes testing, No Child Left Behind, parents, race to the top, Rick Perry, SB8, school reformers, test, testing, Texas
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What Conservatives Always Leave Out When They Tout Market Based Education Reforms: Parents
One of the Republicans favorite examples to mark Democrats – and President Obama – as hypocritical and hyperpartisan on education is the DC vouchers program. They have reason to, but not for the reasons they believe. The voucher program had … Continue reading
