mirth Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 You all ever heard of either of these? ("Won't Back Down" is a new movie. Parent Rev is a group that seeks to empower parents to change or shut down failing schools if their state can pass a "parent trigger" law.) What is the California Parent Trigger? The California Parent Trigger is an historic new law that gives parents in California the right to organize and demand a real change at their child’s failing school. Under the Parent Trigger, parents at persistently low-performing schools can organize and transform their school based on what's good for children, not adults. If they are able to gather 51% of parent signature at their school their district must implement one of four turnaround models (including in-district reforms such as staff changes and out-of-district reforms such as charter conversion). Yes, the school unions are up in arms over both. (sheesh) http://parentrevolution.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsingscrapper Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I didn't check the link but good for them!! School staff that's performing poorly shouldn't be sheltered by a union. They should put up or pack up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMomof4 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Good! The schools should be answerable to the parents and if the parents are getting together and making the effort - change should be happening. You always hear that low income schools have uninvolved parents - it's one of the 'reasons' they fail. I would guess in many, many situations the parents are trusting the school to do something they can't do themselves (or have been told they can't do) and being mightily disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristineW Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I hope the movie sparks more interest. I've been watching the cases in S.Cal very closely as well as two recent forced charter conversions (Locke High School in LA and Clayton Valley near SF). Public schools should belong to the public and if they aren't meeting the needs of the community, the community should have the right to demand change. Christine (a geeky policy wingnut) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Beachy Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 You all ever heard of either of these? ("Won't Back Down" is a new movie. Parent Rev is a group that seeks to empower parents to change or shut down failing schools if their state can pass a "parent trigger" law.) What is the California Parent Trigger? The California Parent Trigger is an historic new law that gives parents in California the right to organize and demand a real change at their child’s failing school. Under the Parent Trigger, parents at persistently low-performing schools can organize and transform their school based on what's good for children, not adults. If they are able to gather 51% of parent signature at their school their district must implement one of four turnaround models (including in-district reforms such as staff changes and out-of-district reforms such as charter conversion). Yes, the school unions are up in arms over both. (sheesh) http://parentrevolution.org See, this is a big problem I have. If a school is "persistently low-performing," I don't understand a need for parents to organize and transform the school based on what is good for the children. It shouldn't get that far. The district should be doing something about it, based on what's best for the children, before parents have any time to organize. After all, isn't that the job of the school district? Isn't that a promise many of the board members made during their campaigns? Stuff like this just confirms that the schools do not have the childrens' best interest in mind when they make their policies and decisions. :) Beachy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Good! The schools should be answerable to the parents and if the parents are getting together and making the effort - change should be happening. You always hear that low income schools have uninvolved parents - it's one of the 'reasons' they fail. I would guess in many, many situations the parents are trusting the school to do something they can't do themselves (or have been told they can't do) and being mightily disappointed. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirth Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 I hope the movie sparks more interest. I've been watching the cases in S.Cal very closely as well as two recent forced charter conversions (Locke High School in LA and Clayton Valley near SF). Public schools should belong to the public and if they aren't meeting the needs of the community, the community should have the right to demand change. :iagree: In any case, they certainly shouldn't belong to school board members like Jermaine Wright (in the embattled Adelanto CA district) who challenged anyone to take him away in handcuffs rather than comply with a court order to convert to charter immediately. Such refusal to face facts (and writs) smacks of desperation and fanaticism, really. Ok you got it, chief. http://www.sbsun.com/breakingnews/ci_21430145/adelanto-parents-group-school-district-head-back-court Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Yep, I follow this closely. Very aware of the machinations at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammi K Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Yep, I follow this closely. Very aware of the machinations at work. machinations??? On whose part? The school board's or the parent's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 It's complicated but it's not - and it's an all "depends on who you talk to" type of situation. After absorbing what I have, I'm on the side of this is about money in the vast majority of the cases. Who takes over after a trigger will tell you a lot. It sounds so grassroots on the surface, right? So, up by your bootstraps red white and blue, apple pie and love. I don't think so anymore. Let me see if I can find a few different viewpoints to look through, I should have some pretty current links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 (edited) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leonie-haimson/faq-on-the-controversial-_b_1774215.html http://parentsacrossamerica.org/2012/06/parents-give-wont-back-down-movie-trailer-a-thumbs-down/ These two articles will be coming from the POV of protecting public schools. In a nutshell, one you go charter, you can't go back - the community has lost control; there are fuzzy boundaries and drafting styles all over the place. Speaking of which, anyone know offhand what / who got the charter for Highland Park we talked about recently? Edit: answer: Highland Park http://www.freep.com/article/20120727/NEWS02/120727054/Highland-Park-Schools-selects-charter-provider-to-operate-schools The Leona Group LLC got it. http://www.leonagroup.com/index.htm Edited September 1, 2012 by one*mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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