Comments on: New movie reignites debate over ‘parent trigger’ laws http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/08/30/new-movie-reignites-debate-over-parent-trigger-laws/ Just another eSchool Media site Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:37:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: jacks107 http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/08/30/new-movie-reignites-debate-over-parent-trigger-laws/comment-page-1/#comment-165271 jacks107 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:30:18 +0000 http://www.eschoolnews.com/?p=107698#comment-165271 the quote "Florida parent activist Rita Solnet wrote a piece for the Washington Post, saying the movie seemed a mechanism to promote charter schools and their private management companies." I found this quote very hard to swallow. I work as a charter school teacher. Not all charter have private management companies. My school in Nevada has to follow all the same rules as a regular public school if we want to receive funding. I also disliked that the stereotype of charters schools being managed by private companies to make a profit. Not all charter schools are managed this way. If you want to see a charter school that works visit acehighschool.org the quote “Florida parent activist Rita Solnet wrote a piece for the Washington Post, saying the movie seemed a mechanism to promote charter schools and their private management companies.”

I found this quote very hard to swallow. I work as a charter school teacher. Not all charter have private management companies. My school in Nevada has to follow all the same rules as a regular public school if we want to receive funding.

I also disliked that the stereotype of charters schools being managed by private companies to make a profit. Not all charter schools are managed this way. If you want to see a charter school that works visit acehighschool.org

]]> By: jcschweitzer http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/08/30/new-movie-reignites-debate-over-parent-trigger-laws/comment-page-1/#comment-165270 jcschweitzer Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:19:50 +0000 http://www.eschoolnews.com/?p=107698#comment-165270 For years all I've heard from teachers in low performing schools (actually all schools) is that things would be better if more parents were involved. Now they cry when parents get involved. The problem isn't the "parent trigger", it is the need for it to be enabled. For years all I’ve heard from teachers in low performing schools (actually all schools) is that things would be better if more parents were involved. Now they cry when parents get involved.

The problem isn’t the “parent trigger”, it is the need for it to be enabled.

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