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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Parent Advocates - Pulling the Parent Trigger: The Push to Privatize Public Schools

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Pulling the Parent Trigger: The Push to Privatize Public Schools by Yasha Levine


"The parents told me that a Los Angeles-based group calling itself Parent Revolution organized a local campaign to harass and trick them into signing petitions that they thought were meant for simple school improvements. In fact those petitions turned out to be part of a sophisticated campaign to convert their children’s public school into a privately-run charter — something a majority of parents opposed. At times, locals say, the Parent Revolution volunteers’ tactics were so heavy-handed in gathering signatures that they crossed the line into harassment and intimidation. Many parents were misled about what the petition they signed actually meant. Some told me that the intimidation with some of the undocumented Latino residents included bribery and extortion."
           
Pulling the Parent Trigger: The Push to Privatize Public Schools
Friday, 10 May 2013 10:31
By Yasha Levine, NSFWCORP | Report
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When NSFWCORP sent me to Victorville this January, I little expected that the neighboring town of Adelanto would become ground zero for a fight between billionaires on one side, and