Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Educator Musing: Parent Empowerment? Let Parents Vote!

Educator Musing: Parent Empowerment? Let Parents Vote!:


Parent Empowerment? Let Parents Vote!



What is parent empowerment?  I hope it is not a powerful corporation (like Parent Revolution) using a law (like Parent-Trigger) and lawsuits to impose their will on a school that is contrary to the parents' original stated goals.  That seems to be the case in Adelanto, California.  If so, then let's simply bring the issue back to the parents in a secret ballot vote.  

Parent-Trigger (really called the Parent Empowerment Act), allows parents to submit a petition representing 50% + 1 of a failing school population to a local