More Heat Than Light: The empty promise of the Parent Trigger
Parents Across America’s position paper on the Parent Trigger is here. The following commentary is by Bill Ring, a PAA member from Los Angeles and founder of TransParent® 
The American Federation of Teachers apparently embarrassedthemselves recently when their Connecticut affiliate was caught with a document on its website memorializing its strategy to defeat Connecticut’s version of California’s parent empowerment legislation (unfortunately known in California as the “parent trigger”).
I went through the powerpoint credited to Connecticut AFT’s legislative advocate, Jennifer
