Daily News: High-profile spat shows how much at stake in education (Editorial)
By Los Angeles News Group06/12/2013The details of the online spat between New York University education professor Diane Ravitch and Parent Revolution executive director Ben Austin aren't very...
View ArticleStatement on LAUSD School Board Zimmer's June 18 Resolution (Link Included)
(Gabe Rose, Deputy Director for Parent Revolution)Although this resolution was written without any input from Parent Revolution or the parents who are actually using this law, we are supportive of many...
View Article(Education Week) Parent Revolution: We Need to Work Together
To the Editor:Three years ago, California enacted a groundbreaking new law called the "parent trigger" that gives parents the power to transform their failing neighborhood schools. From the start,...
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Parent Trigger Law Turns a Corner in California [Social Policy magazine]
(Pat DeTemple, Senior Strategist for Parent Revolution)At a neighborhood park in Los Angeles this past April, the mostly Latino parent union of nearby 24th St. Elementary was conducting a secret ballot...
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Haddon Parents Abandon Trigger, Still Get Changes
Haddon Elementary ParentsIn California public education, you sometimes don’t have to pull the trigger.Parents of students at Haddon Avenue Elementary in Pacoima have ended their ‘parent trigger’...
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A NEW DAY IN ADELANTO (Announcement & News Coverage Below)
History Is Made As Nation’s First ‘Parent Power’ School Opens Its Doors in California This Week LOS ANGELES – TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2013 – Parents in the Southern California community of Desert Trails are...
View ArticleBack to School means Back to Parents as Nation’s First ‘Parent Power...
LOS ANGELES – TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2013 – Parents in Los Angeles are making history today with the opening of the nation’s first ‘Parent Power Partnership’ school created as a direct result of the use...
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Community
What is it about community that brings out the best in people?This week, three newly transformed Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) schools opened their doors to much fanfare and hope,...
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The New Face of Parent Power
Gary Friedman / Los Angeles TimesWhat does it mean to truly have parent power? "We considered a trigger campaign and used that as leverage," said Shannon Thomas-Allen in Teresa Watanabe's powerful LA...
View ArticleKIDS First
As parents join educators and district officials at the decision-making table, parents are often best positioned to call for the change needed and advocate first and foremost for the interests of their...
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