Does The New York City Dept. Of Ed Have Any Clue What They’re Doing In Parent Engagement? Two months after completely bungling elections for Parent Councils (and that election was a “do-over” because they had completely bungled it the first time), they have announced spending $2 million dollars for a survey to parents. I have voiced my ...
More Info On Approval Of Parent Trigger Regs Here are two more articles providing more information about yesterday’s approval of California parent trigger regulations b the State Board of Education: New parent trigger regs approved is from Thoughts on Public Education. Regulations approved for ...
“Calif board OKs rules giving parents school power” Calif board OKs rules giving parents school power is the headline of an ABC News article describing the California State Board of Education’s approval of regulations to govern use of the parent trigger law. As I’ve written many times before, it’s a ...
“Why parents love a lower-rated school” Why parents love a lower-rated school is an interesting post from Jay Mathews. It’s about a school that is presently mixed between lower and middle income families. The District now wants to move many of the middle income families to a different ...
Final California Parent Trigger Rules Proposed Even though I think it’s a pretty safe bet that the idea of a “parent trigger” law is rapidly dying, it looks like the California State Board of Education may soon approve final regulations governing the process. You can read about it at Final ...
“Legislative Momentum Stalls for ‘Parent Trigger’ Proposals” Legislative Momentum Stalls for ‘Parent Trigger’ Proposals is the headline in an article today at Education Week. Here’s an excerpt: *The momentum behind “parent-trigger” proposals, one of the hottest ideas for overhauling struggling schools, has ...
