Dispute over wording of Parent Trigger regulations John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
Teachers would have the power to nullify parents’ demands to restart their low-performing school as a charter school, based on a rewording from a previous draft of the Parent Trigger regulations.
The conflict in language, which infuriated parent advocates and pleased representatives of the California Teachers Association, was one of the more contentious points at a hearing Thursday before the State Board of Education on regulations for the parent empowerment law. […]
Dozen parcel taxes on May ballot
Polling consistently indicates that California voters would support more funding for their local schools. But next month, despite dire financial projections for schools, only a dozen districts – all of them in Northern California – will put that assumption to the test, with balloting for a parcel tax.
The low number is not all that surprising, [...]
