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Parent Trigger law puts AFT in “kill mode”
- 08-11-2011
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By Kathryn Baron/Thoughts on Public Education
Parent Revolution, the Los Angeles-based group responsible for California’s Parent Trigger law, did something rare in education politics: it outmaneuvered a powerful teachers’ union. The American Federation of Teachers basically admits as much in a guide used last month at the union’s TEACH conference to describe how the Connecticut chapter diluted that state’s version of the parent trigger. There, on page four, third bullet point down, it reads: “We learned from mistakes made in CA.” A few pages later, under the heading “Plan A: Kill Mode,” is list of lobbying strategies. The guide had been posted on the union’s website along with all the other presentations from the conference. (more...)
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