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Monday, August 20, 2012

Parent Trigger District Heading Back to Court « Diane Ravitch's blog

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Parent Trigger District Heading Back to Court

The only school in the nation ever to vote to invoke the state “parent trigger” law is in Adelanto, California.
Parent Revolution, the organization funded by Gates, Walton and Broad to promote the trigger has been funding the fight in Adelanto.
It helped dissident parents form a union, organize a petition drive, collect signatures, and push for a charter school.
When the school board resisted the idea of turning the school into a charter, some of those who signed the


How Would You Evaluate This Teacher?

One man, one band teacher, united a town.
He taught instrumental music and band for 31 years at McFarland High School in Wisconsin.
He was admired, respected, loved.