Parent Trigger: A New Right for the Parents of California

The Parent Trigger is a historic new law that gives parents in California the right to transform their child's current or future failing school. All parents need to do is organize -- if 51% of them get together and sign an official Parent Trigger petition, they have the power to force the school district to transform the school.

Go to www.parentrevolution.org to learn more and join the movement to take back our schools.

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[Steve Nesich]

This...video...is absolutely Orwellian. And deeply odious.

I'm glad that parents and taxpayers---in every part of our country---are rejecting this Big Lie known as "Parent Trigger".

It's shameful what the people in this tape will do for money. Many people are trying to find out how much these actors were paid and who paid them.

Conservatives, progressives, centrists---urban, rural, suburban: All are rejecting this clear and obvious attempt to impose a Corporate Takeover of Public Education.

[Tim Furman]

Public schools don't belong to the parents who currently have children enrolled in them. I'm sorry, but they belong to everyone, including people in the future. They're not the property of a particular little subset of people to turn over at will to private operators. There's a reason we have school boards, deliberative bodies, and representational democracy--- that reason is to protect us from mob rule and demagogues, like the people behind this arch-conservative privatization propaganda.

[DaydreaminAngels]

Very glad to see that parents can get together to make a change. I don't see lazy parents getting together to make changes. It will be the parents that take time and make efforts to invest in their children that will make a stand and put in the work to get these changes made.

[SunimZen]

I pretty much never watch, listen to or read news. today I was reminded why. while surfing through the channels I thought I would just take a sneek pak. the first thing that came on was this california takeover crap. it isnt the law that assaults my sense of dignity. it is the way the opposing groups go about their business. like wild uncivilized animals they talk to and about each other. will you "people" never learn what it means to be human beings? so sad...

[vtellez2001]

Furthermore, Parent Revolution is not really interested in the welfare of the children or in support of the parents. It is run by corporations that promote failing charter schools by brainwashing lazy parents. By the way, blackmailing parents is something they are even willing to do.

[vtellez2001]

True. No true reform can occur if teachers are alienated. Unfortunately, this is all Parent Revolution does. As it turns out, they cater to the irresponsible parents who never take the time to get in touch with their children's teachers and who choose to remain inactive in their children's education.

[vtellez2001]

Indeed, parents need to take their responsibility first. I just had a parent revolution supporter shout at me, " It is not my job to teach my children. It is the teacher's job. I should not have to sit with my child over his homework." Parents like this are the reason why schools fail.

[Nikki22887]

This is very scary if none of the steps even involve communication with teachers - the people who are actually professionals and understand how students learn best. It is especially scary if teachers and principals can be dismissed from a school because of parent action ... I would hope if parents have concerns about a teacher or principal that this concern is carefully looked into before someone loses their job.

[Shellie Carson]

What happened to parents taking responsibility for their children FIRST? If parents want change, they need to start with being better parents! Most students that succeed have parents that support them in their education at home too.

Charter schools are great in theory, but charter schools can kick out students that have bad attitudes or don't care. If public schools could do that, they would be a great place for learning also. The education system is failing because the family is failing!

[Lakerman18]

Explain the CREDO Study where 17% of charters perform better than regular public schools, but 37% perform worse. Charters are not the answer.

Plus your statement that "schools were designed to fail," is one of the most misleading pieces of %*#* that I have ever heard.

Anyone reading this, do yourself a favor and read "The Death and Life of the Great American School System," by Diane Ravitch. This video is nothing more than corporatist propaganda trying to privatize our public school system.