4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: from the wonderful folks who brought you Parent Revolution & the Parent Trigger: CELEBRATORY SELF CONGRATULATION!

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: from the wonderful folks who brought you Parent Revolution & the Parent Trigger: CELEBRATORY SELF CONGRATULATION!:

from the wonderful folks who brought you Parent Revolution & the Parent Trigger: CELEBRATORY SELF CONGRATULATION!

Why I Wrote the Nation’s First Parent-Trigger Law COMMENTARYBY GLORIA ROMERO IN EDWEEK |HTTP://BIT.LY/1GGQJOJ November 5, 2013  ::  I wrote the nation's first parent-trigger law. I acted because I understood that education is the civil rights issue of our time and the key to the American dream. I'm the daughter of a mother who attained only a 6th grade education, but who understood that education is what lifts us out of poverty. As a Democratic senator representing the diverse, heavily Latino East Los Angeles-eastern Los Angeles County community and the chair of both the state Senate's education and prison oversight committees, I understood that if we do not educate, we will incarcerate. California locks away a disproportionate number of Latino and

How I …I mean How Community Power Saved LAUSD Superintendent Dr. Deasy BY BEN AUSTIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PARENT REVOLUTION – FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST |HTTP://HUFF.TO/1HD5PP5 11/11/2013 3:21 pm  ::  Grassroots organizations across Los Angeles organized and fought against powerful special interests and long odds. For one single moment the people of Los Angeles stood together for the simple proposition that we must elevate our kids above our politics. And the people won. How did that happen? While the LAUSD still has a long way to go, for the past three years it has been steadily improving in a number of key categories. Under Superintendent John Deasy's leadership, LAUSD students have been learning more, scoring higher and graduating