NYC Educator: From the Folks Who Brought You Green Dot Schools

NYC Educator: From the Folks Who Brought You Green Dot Schools

From the Folks Who Brought You Green Dot Schools

by NYC Educator

There's now a push for a parent trigger law in New York. This law was passed in California in an effort toturn an elementary school into a charter.

The Parent Trigger was conceived by a group called Parent Revolution, formerly known as the Los Angeles Parents Union. It's no secret that the organization was founded by the Green Dot charter school chain, though occasionally there's a halfhearted effort to portray Parent Revolution as a “grassroots” parents' group.

And State Senator Gloria Romero, who sponsored the legislation in California, scored herself a nice gig with Democrats for Education Reform, after voters rejected