Florida ‘Trigger bills’ ready to start power battle with educators
I'm a mom. I'm also a teacher. I have taught thousands of kids over the last 20 years of my career. When I walk into a school or…
parents and schools
California ‘Parent Trigger’ rules: Tentatively OK’d by state board of education
The California State Board of Education unanimously voted today to tentatively approve a set of rules that outlines and gives parents more power to drive change in low-performing…
Parents enact trigger laws nationwide
It's been seven months since the brave parents at McKinley Elementary School approached Compton Unified and handed in the petitions that sounded off a revolution that has the…
At California school, parents force an overhaul
More than 250 parents in Compton are using a new state law to force a failing school to be taken over by a charter school operator, the first…