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The "parent trigger" is when "Under the law, if 51% of parents in a failing school sign a petition, they can trigger a forcible transformation of the school -- either by inviting a charter operator to take it over, by forcing certain administrative changes, or by shutting it down outright."
If implemented on Long Island, would the "parent trigger" be an effective education reform and how do you think it would work in lower-performing school districts that only have one high school?
David Feith, an assistant editorial features editor, discusses the "parent trigger" in an editorial, The Radical School Reform Law You've Never Heard Of, in today's (Saturday, November 13) The Wall Street Journal.
Last edited by Walter Greenspan; 11-13-2010 at 10:34 PM..
The "parent trigger" is when "Under the law, if 51% of parents in a failing school sign a petition, they can trigger a forcible transformation of the school -- either by inviting a charter operator to take it over, by forcing certain administrative changes, or by shutting it down outright."
If implemented on Long Island, would the "parent trigger" be an effective education reform and how do you think it would work in lower-performing school districts that only have one high school?
David Feith, an assistant editorial features editor, discusses the "parent trigger" in an editorial, The Radical School Reform Law You've Never Heard Of, in today's (Saturday, November 13) The Wall Street Journal.
The potential reforms we hear about such as charter and parent trigger are geared towards huge city school systems with high poverty rates. There would be no reason for this type of reform on LI. We don't need our schools reformed. We need them to be more efficiently run as to lower the tax burden.
I love all these ideas but has anyone ever done a study on what percentage of parents have ZERO involvement in their kids education? I bet it's more than the average poster here believes.
^^^ I agree. I was in a high performing district and believe me, the parents are definitely involved, as far as "let's get into the class and make a craft" but other than that, they send their kids off to school fully expecting the magic to just happen. In lower income areas, they probably don't care or are too overwhelmed too make any inroads. In solid middle class areas, there are lots of blue collar workers and small business owners who may not see education as a means to an end - ie they think their kids can just take over the family business or whatever. There are very few if any districts on Long Island where parents are in the classes actually working with the kids, and most parents assume that having a Long Island school on the college app is all that's needed. THis may be the first generation coming up where Long Island parents realize the rest of the world is catching up, and colleges are seeing that.
^^^ I agree. I was in a high performing district and believe me, the parents are definitely involved, as far as "let's get into the class and make a craft" but other than that, they send their kids off to school fully expecting the magic to just happen. In lower income areas, they probably don't care or are too overwhelmed too make any inroads. In solid middle class areas, there are lots of blue collar workers and small business owners who may not see education as a means to an end - ie they think their kids can just take over the family business or whatever. There are very few if any districts on Long Island where parents are in the classes actually working with the kids, and most parents assume that having a Long Island school on the college app is all that's needed. THis may be the first generation coming up where Long Island parents realize the rest of the world is catching up, and colleges are seeing that.
That's ridiculous. How many schools would allow parents in the classroom for anything other than celebrations in elementart. The classroom is for education and educators.
I love all these ideas but has anyone ever done a study on what percentage of parents have ZERO involvement in their kids education? I bet it's more than the average poster here believes.
Kids make a school a success. A school does not make a kid a success. It's all about the home life.
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