Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Engaging Parents In School… » California PTA Makes Huge Political Mistake

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California PTA Makes Huge Political Mistake

As regular readers know, I’m a big supporter of the PTA and the role it plays, and the potential role it can play, in helping families, schools and neighborhoods.
Unfortunately, as I’ve written before (see Molly Munger, The PTA & The Shoe Button Complex), the California PTA has made a huge political miscalculation by becoming just about the only ally billionaire Molly Munger has in her doomed-to-fail state initiative to raise taxes to support schools.
And the PTA has continued its support of Munger even when she tries to torpedo Governor Brown’s competing