Online Forum: The Parent Trigger from California to Florida | Seattle Education

Online Forum: The Parent Trigger from California to Florida | Seattle Education:

Online Forum: The Parent Trigger from California to Florida

by seattleducation2011

The Parent Trigger from California to Florida

 Sunday, May 26, 2013 from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM Pacific Time

We will be hearing from Lori Yuan, a parent in Adelanto who fought the Parent Trigger at her school, and Parents Across America Founding Member Rita Solnet who, along with other organizations, defeated the Parent Trigger bill in the Florida State Senate on March 9, 2013.

To reserve your ticket, go to eventbrite.

This event is free.

For more on the Parent Trigger, listen to:

“Won’t Back Down”: Corporate Education Reform and the Rhetoric of Fiction

Recommended reading:

Why Parents Across America Opposes Florida’s Parent Empowerment Legislation

Parent trigger misfires by disrupting and dismantling local schools

Parent Trigger Hoax

Parents Across America hails defeat of Florida’s Parent Trigger bill:

A victory of parents over forces that would privatize and profit from our public schools

How Connecticut Diffused The Parent Trigger

Ben Austin and His Parent Trigger, Now in Seattle

The “school conversion” clause in Initiative 1240, the parent trigger and ALEC model legislation

By the way, the “school conversion” clause became law in November, 2012.

 

This event is organized by Parents Across America.

Parents Across America is a non-profit, non-partisan grassroots organization that connects parents and activists from around the country to share ideas and work together to improve our nation’s public schools.