Parent trigger founder: school reform changed 'we the people to we the parents'

Ron Matus:

As is routine with school choice proposals, the parent trigger bill in Florida - defeated in March after a dramatic 20-20 vote in the state Senate - was portrayed by critics as another front in a systematic campaign to privatize public schools. So it was fascinating today to hear more detail about the history and motivations behind the bill from Gloria Romero, the former California state senator - and Democrat - who sponsored the original trigger bill in that state.

"This is a law that's so simple, it's revolutionary," Romero told participants at the American Federation for Children summit in Newark. "This law has the power to really shift paradigms, to give true power - not just lip service, no longer window dressing - to parents who are sick and tired of failing schools."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 6, 2012 1:17 AM
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