Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Schooling in the Ownership Society: A great Parent-Trigger Fact Sheet

Schooling in the Ownership Society: A great Parent-Trigger Fact Sheet:


A great Parent-Trigger Fact Sheet

Re-posted from Parents Across America's Blog

Researched by Caroline Grannan, San Francisco Parents Across America founding member

1. There have been no successful parent triggers anywhere. Only two parent triggers have been attempted, both in Southern California. [i]

2. The organization that created the parent trigger, Parent Revolution, organized both of those campaigns.[ii]

3. Parent Revolution has been inaccurately described as “grassroots” and as founded by concerned mothers. Actually, Parent Revolution was created by charter school operator Steve Barr, who founded the Green Dot