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Laura Shaw

'Parent Trigger' Law Over Failing Schools Raises Debate - TIME - 1 views

  • failing schools can already be shut down by school districts under the No Child Left Behind law
  • parent trigger simply takes the option provided to the school board and hands the power to the parents
  • Gloria Romero, the former California state senator
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  • parent trigger was conceived in 2009 by Ben Austin, a former deputy mayor of Los Angeles and a policy consultant at Green Dot Public Schools, a charter-school organization
  • Green Dot provided the initial funding for Parent Revolution, though as of 2010 it no longer received funds from the group. It now receives the largest share of its funds from the Wasserman, Walton and Gates foundations.
Laura Shaw

How Connecticut Diffused the Parent Trigger - 1 views

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    AFT Document on Parent Trigger law.
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