LA Parents Opting for Varied “Trigger” Options
LA School Report has learned that, on Tuesday, the 24th St. Elementary Parents Union selection review committee met and decided to recommend what’s being called a “hybrid” governance model for the...
View ArticleUTLA’s “Wait and See” Mode on Parent Trigger
The teachers union has been strangely silent about the parent trigger issue lately — even as different variations on the controversial school turnaround approach are being explored. In just the last...
View ArticleBoard Preview: Multiple Protests, Packed Agenda
Teachers protest outside the School Board meeting in March of 2012 Just as record-breaking temperatures in Los Angeles are expected to subside by tomorrow, many of the heated LAUSD issues on the docket...
View ArticleTeachers Union Turning Back Against Parent Trigger
Pro- and anti-parent trigger protesters at Weigand Elementary (via LAT’s Teresa Watanabe) In recent days, LAUSD teachers and union activists have been stepping up their attacks on the use of...
View ArticleParent Trigger: Times Debates Transparency, Urgency
There are two interesting opinion pieces on the parent trigger in the LA Times — both focused on the aftermath of the parent trigger petition at Weigand Elementary but coming at the issue from...
View ArticleParent Revolution Reaches Out to UTLA Teachers
Parent Revolution’s Gabe Rose, left, and Ben Austin, right On Sunday afternoon, around 25 classroom teachers who have been elected to represent their schools met at UTLA headquarters to discuss the...
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