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California's Parent Trigger Isn't About Schools. It's About Power Power to the Parents | NBC Bay Area

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California's Parent Trigger Isn't About Schools. It's About Power

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Power to the Parents
John Cadiz Klemack

One hot topic in education policy here in California is the so-called "parent trigger," which allows parents to demand changes in failing schools if a majority of them sign petitions.

The trigger has been touted as a bid for education reform, allowing parents to change a school's administration or turn it into a charter.

The trouble with this as school policy is that no one knows if it work.

Parents may be just as myopic and wrong-headed as teachers and