Peas in a pod: Koret Foundation, The Hoover Institution, and Democrats for...
“I tell you, my friends, the trouble with this whole country is that so many are selfish! Here’s a hundred and twenty million people, with ninety-five per cent of ‘em only thinking of self, instead of...
View ArticleA promotional video about the organization that created the Parent Trigger
The Parent Trigger, or Parent Empowerment Law, was crafted by the fringe-right-wing group American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). “I wrote the nation’s first parent trigger law in California.” —...
View ArticleDemocrats for Neoliberal Education Reform’s Gloria J. Romero’s Parent Tricker...
I think about former Senator Gloria Romero comparing Compton educators to “batterers” and wondered whether the writers of those words ever stop to think about the consequences of their prose. — Martha...
View ArticleALEC/DFER’s Gloria Romero Stands Her Ground on Won’t Back Down
“The idea of “choice” has been manipulated by the corporate reformers and spread by groups like ALEC, who seek to use methods such as the Parent Trigger to turn public schools over to privately-managed...
View ArticleParent Trigger – False Promises, Divided Communities and Disrupted Young Lives
Thank you for this thoughtful and informative video exposing The Heartland Institute, Parent Revolution, and ALEC’s corporate charter trigger law. We’re hopeful that videos like this will counter the...
View ArticleOnline Forum by Parents Across America – The Parent Trigger from California...
Online Forum by @parentsacrossam The Parent Trigger from California to Florida parentrigger.eventbrite.com#LAUSD twitter.com/PESJA_LA/statu… — PESJA Los Angeles (@PESJA_LA) May 17, 2013 Sunday, May 26,...
View Articlesolidaridad: Parent Trigger: Stop the Lies! Hear the Truth Rally in the...
solidaridad: Parent Trigger: Stop the Lies! Hear the Truth Rally in the Valley 2013-June-04.Filed under: ROBERT D. SKEELS: Schools Matter Tagged: Adelento, alec, Ben Austin, Billionaire Boys Club,...
View ArticleVillaraigosa: The Myth of The Progressive Mayor (teaser)
“The alliance, formed between the mayor, the school board, and Los Angeles’ corporate elite to design the idea of ‘public school choice,’ is another example of how neoliberal economic policies have...
View ArticleFarewell to Mayor Villaraigosa: Pragmatist or Lacky of the Rich?
Farewell to Mayor Villaraigosa: Pragmatist or Lacky of the Rich? via Diane Ravitch’s blog. As Antonio Villaraigosa exits the mayoralty of Los Angeles, there will be both tributes and brickbats. Among...
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