Update on parent trigger
by pureparents
The parent trigger is a hot issue in many states now. It started in California, launched by the organization Parent Revolution, a fake-grassroots operation founded by charter-school mogul Steve Barr and funded by the likes of Gates, Walton et al.
Here’s a summary of the current parent trigger landscape in California and a brief history of the previous parent triggers, put together from California sources who have followed the issue.
Parent Revolution currently has two or three parent triggers going and likely more in the wings, all of the known ones in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
It appears that in the current parent triggers, Parent Revolution has backed off its policy of all-out attacking the teachers, the administration and the district — backed off waging full-scale war on the school, as it did in Compton and Adelanto, its main previous parent triggers (see below).
Now it’s taking a mild tone, saying in effect, “Let’s work together to make some changes,” and the administrations and district are cheerfully responding, “OK!” Whether these changes are effective ones remains to be seen; they’re rather vaguely described. Parents could certainly have gotten involved on their
