Tag: Parent trigger
Mr. Gibbons’ Report Card: Parent empowerment, transparent transparency and sad, but happy birthdays
Gloria Romero Gloria Romero, a former Democratic majority leader of the California Senate, helped pass a bill that required parents to be informed if their child attended a school in the bottom 10 percent of all public schools in California. If they did, the parents could stick around at... READ MOREMoney leads Democrats to put teachers unions over poor kids
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Michelle Rhee’s education reform group is scaling back its Florida...
READ MOREA charter conversion with parents and teachers speaking in one loud voice
In a state that has found itself politically deadlocked over...
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Washington, D.C.: District Mayor Vincent Gray plans to allow charter...
READ MORENational survey shows mothers support school choice
A new poll finds that mothers of school-aged children aren’t...
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School choice. Pasco Superintendent Kurt Browning says the district’s record...
READ MOREHow about a crusade for teacher equity?
I’m kind of glad the ruckus over the parent trigger...
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School turnarounds. Tampa Bay Times education editor Tom Tobin offers...
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Parent trigger. Joe Henderson from the Tampa Tribune on parent trigger:...
READ MOREFlorida schools roundup: parent trigger, private tutors, drug testing & more
Parent trigger. Citing anonymous sources, Sunshine State News says Gov....
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