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Ben Austin’s Antics, Continued | Seattle Education 2010

Ben Austin’s Antics, Continued | Seattle Education 2010

Ben Austin’s Antics, Continued

...and now Celerity

Ben Austin, founder of the Parent’s Revolution and most recently embroiled in a battle over McKinley Elementary School, is no longer on the State Board of Education. He and others were replaced by the newly elected Governor Jerry Brown.

I have seen many an underhanded move by ed reformers under the guise that “it’s all about the children” but I must say that one of Austin’s moves definitely takes the cake.

During the attempted overthrow of McKinley Elementary School by Ben Austin using the Parent Trigger law