Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee: Communities Need Parent Trigger Laws
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October 26, 2012
About Michelle Rhee:
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| She will eat your brain first and then give you a parent trigger |
Parents of children at Desert Trails Elementary School in Adelanto, Calif., didn't decide to seek an overhaul of the school using the state's 2010 parent-trigger law lightly, or with little thought. They sought changes on numerous occasions, giving administrators plenty of chances to bring about improvements at the school, where 70 percent of sixth graders aren't reading or doing math on grade level and which has been on a state list of failing schools for six years.
Parent-trigger isn't a first course of action, and it's not used to solve small problems. It's a law families can rely on to bring