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Engaging Parents In School… - I Think These Critiques Of Parent Trigger Laws Are Missing The Point…

Engaging Parents In School… - I Think These Critiques Of Parent Trigger Laws Are Missing The Point…

I Think These Critiques Of Parent Trigger Laws Are Missing The Point…

August 11th, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo

This week there have been two articles/posts published sharing critiques of the parent trigger law. Once came from Washington Post reporter Jay Mathews, who wrote Why parents can’t save schools. The other piece was in Thoughts On Public Education and shared quotes from a number trigger critics and advocates. Several perspectives in that article and Jay’s piece communicated that the parent trigger law was bad because parents didn’t know enough to effectively improve schools.

Look, I’m obviously no fan of the parent trigger as you can see from The Best Resources For Learning Why The Parent Trigger Isn’t Good For Parents, Kids Or Schools. However, I think the condescending and paternalistic objection to it that parents don’t know enough about education to effectively engage in school improvement efforts is off-base.

As most readers know, I was a community organizer for nineteen years before becoming a teacher nine years ago. An often-repeated organizer