A ‘parent trigger’ mystery solved in Florida
Every major parents group in Florida, including the PTA, has long been vocally opposed to the “parent trigger” legislationnow before the state legislature. Recently, a new group called Sunshine Parents was formed, this one in support of parent trigger — laws allowing parents at a failing school the right to change the school’s structure. What seemed unusual about the group wasn’t that some parents in Florida support parent trigger; surely some do. Rather, nobody was standing up and taking credit for creating the group, which sent out a pro-parent trigger e-mail, with a link to a video, to legislators and other Floridians. There was an e-mail address for the group on the letter, but nobody responded to the e-mails I sent to that address.The Sunshine Parents e-mail urges support for the parent trigger legislation, known as the Parent Empowerment Act. It says that “Sunshine Parents is a group of parents and
And now, Girl Scout badges aligned to Common Core standards
There’s nothing in this school reform era, it seems, that can’t be aligned with school content standards — even Girl Scout badges. It turns out, according to the Girl Scout Web site, that the “content” of every single Girl Scout … Continue reading →