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Are parents the solution to failing schools?
That's the theory behind parent trigger laws, which allow a majority of parents in a failing school to petition and win control of the school and impose their own reform blueprint. Originating in California in 2010, the laws allow parents to take over a systematically failing school if they collect signatures from the majority of families.
But do the trigger laws really fire blanks?
A increasing criticism of parent trigger laws is that, while they involve parents at the start in organizing the petition drives to pull the trigger, the most realistic outcome is the hiring of an outside management firm to run the reconstituted school.
In fact, the possible ascendancy of for-profit education management companies contributed to the defeat of a parent trigger bill in Florida last year because parent groups argued that the law would lead to corporate interests exploiting the schools.
The Georgia General Assembly is now considering the Parent and Teacher Empowerment Act. If Georgia adopts the bill — and the debate around it will be fierce — it would become the eighth state to do so.
In explaining the rationale for his parent trigger bill, sponsor and House Majority Whip Edward Lindsey, R-Atlanta, cited the need to get parents and school boards talking.
"It creates an additional avenue of communication directly from the parents to the school board, which I think is critically important," said Lindsey
Georgia House Bill 123 allows a majority of the parents or a majority of the teachers to petition for a complete overhaul of a the school by converting to charter school status or another turnaround model. The bill specifies that the parents can remove school personnel, including the principal, or mandate the complete reconstitution of the school.
The bill requires school board approval, but Lindsey erected a high wall for a board to reject a parent trigger petition; a two-thirds majority of the school board must vote to deny a petition coming from 60 percent of parents.
However, the yea/nay power accorded school boards in the bill led Sen. Fran Millar, R-Dunwoody, former chair of the Senate Education Committee, to ask, "What's the point?"
"Remember, these are locally created public schools created by the local boards," said Lindsey. "Given that fact, I do not believe we should cut these local boards out of the process. The purpose of the bill is to create a process for direct communication between a local board and the parents and students it serves. I respectfully disagree with my friend Fran Millar. I believe that elected school boards will listen to parents and teachers on the operation of their local schools."
In a feature unique to Lindsey's bill, even parents of high performing schools may apply for their schools to convert to a charter school.
"Any local traditional school may apply to be a conversion charter," he said. "However, I did add a provision allowing for parents or teachers in a low performing schools to seek an overhaul of the management of the school. Let me also add that this section allowing teachers to petition for a management overhaul came as a result of past comments from teachers on your blog."
Parent Revolution, the California-based advocacy group that created the parent trigger, sees the parent trigger as both an action plan and a negotiating tool. Recently, the specter of a parent trigger takeover led administrators and teachers in one Los Angeles school to sit down with parents and begin a collaborate effort to improve the school, according to Parent Revolution spokesman David Phelps.
But, if a parent takeover is required to transform the school, Parent Revolution opposes the reins of a school being handed to for-profit management companies. Such a prohibition is currently not part of the Georgia bill. "We take a very strong position that it should only be a not-for-profit that will continue to involve parents," said Phelps.
Also, Parent Revolution wants an appeal process spelled out in Lindsey's bill. "Because school boards can be very political, very divided, the law ought to make sure that if a school board rejects the parent petition, that there is some appeal process that can be in place," said Phelps.
Phelps said it was unusual for a parent trigger law to address schools that are not failing, as does Lindsey's bill. The case for a change to a charter school is weakened if a school is performing well. The point of parent trigger is to give a voice to parents in schools where children are not succeeding, he said,
"When you can see that there is a consistent history of failure, then you are able to say that this is a school where we would like to help parents organize for a change," he said. "It narrows the universe with which you are able to work."
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
February 2nd, 2013
7:04 am
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February 2nd, 2013
8:37 am
This is just anothe ploy to allow fundamentalist parents to impose their anti-science pro creationist views into school systems.
February 2nd, 2013
8:48 am
Does Rep. Lindsey have a financial interest in for-profit, charter school management companies? Just asking…
February 2nd, 2013
8:57 am
I have worked it what would be considered, "failing schools". In most cases, I could count the number of "involved parents" on one hand. Regardless of the reasons behind the lack of parental support, I suspect if more parents had been "involved", the schools would not have been "failing" so badly…. It worries me to think of those few involved parents making a decision with such wide ramifications, mainly because, although they were "involved", some of them did not have a lot of expertise in HOW to improve the schools. They sometimes made unrealistic demands. I had one petition to have me replaced, because I was the "wrong color" to teach her children. That lack of background would make such parents vulnerable to the input of fast talking outside groups, including for profit education companies, looking to make a quick buck using a school where very few parents would even realize what they were doing once they got their hands in the cookie jar. Let's be realistic. Outside of the parents of the enrolled children, how many outsiders want to take over a failing school without getting SOMETHING in return? The problem becomes, once you become beholden to your investors, there is pressure to shift funds from supporting the students to paying the investors. So when funds are thin, it is easier to fire a teacher, hire at low pay, overwork your employees, or fail to provide supplies in order to skim more money off the top.
I do not think every societal aspect of this country should run under the profit model. Look what "for profit" has done to health care? Some services should remain outside the realm of commercialism.
I do not understand the stance of those who, one the one hand, keep insisting there is nothing wrong with a company making a profit off the children while criticizing teachers as "greedy thugs" if they bring up the issue of a raise after years of slipping wages – even those teachers in successful schools (Oh, I forgot, there ARE no successful public schools.) Why is it okay for corporate interests to make a tidy sum, but not okay for teachers to ask for compensation? What's up with that? And yes, I know we are in an economic downturn, however funding cuts started before that, and that has not stopped the for profit supporters from pounding the drum of educational corporate profit. I don't mind sharing the burden of a slow economy with my fellow Americans, but not while someone else is making big bucks off educational tax dollars at the cost of some children's future!
February 2nd, 2013
9:00 am
I'm past caring. let the parents do whatever the hell they want.
February 2nd, 2013
9:00 am
Not a fan of the way the Charter Amendment went down, but now that it has passed, schools of the charter variety need accountability beyond what we have now. There is a positive in the bill: 60% of the parents have to sign the petition…in most cases that will be hard to do and 2/3 vote needs to be required accept the petition.
They days of "full-time" teachers is about to be gone…all of us will be freelancers.
February 2nd, 2013
9:03 am
Good headline question. But we don't know until it is tried.
Parents have their children's interest as their only priority. Many administrators and teachers have their personal interests as their primary priority. There needs to be a better mix – BOTH priorities need to be balanced.
February 2nd, 2013
9:06 am
Sure, I am totally for parent takeover…………if the parents can identify each of the acronyms from this partial list:
American Association of School Administrators
American Association of School Librarians
American Association for Vocational Intructional Materials
Americans with Disabilities Act
Appalachia Educational Laboratory
American Library Association
Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives
Accomodation Plan (Section 504 Students)
Advanced Placement
Alternative Schools Accountability Model
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Alternative School Programs
Adequate Yearly Progress
Basic Core Curriculum
Board of Education
Basic Skills Test
Curriculum and Instruction
Chief Administrative Officer
Curriculum-Basic Assessment
Community Based Organization
Congressional Budget Office
Council of Chief State School Officers
Center for Education Reform
Continuing Education Unit
Catalog Information Systems Vendor (f.k.a. QISV – TX Procurement Approval List)
County Office of Education
Cooperative Education
Commercial, Off-The-Shelf
Center for Research on Evaluation Standards and Student Testing
Criterion Referenced Test
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
Department of Education
Early Childhood Education
Early Childhood Programs
Education Commission of the States
English Learner
English Language Development
English Only
Educational Resources Information Center
Education Service Center
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
English as a Second Language
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Fluent-English Proficient
Fiscal Year
Gifted and Talented
Gifted and Talented Education
Government Printing Office
High School Equivalancy Program
Health and Human Services
High School Graduation Test
Inidivualized Accomodation Plan
February 2nd, 2013
9:10 am
Lindsay said: "I respectfully disagree with my friend Fran Millar. I believe that elected school boards will listen to parents and teachers on the operation of their local schools." Sounds utopian, doesn't it? Reality exists in DeKalb County, and that's the situation parents are trying to address through their legislative representatives.
February 2nd, 2013
9:11 am
Kind of oxymoronic imo. If the parents are involved, the school usually succeeds, right?
February 2nd, 2013
9:14 am
"But, if a parent takeover is required to transform the school, Parent Revolution opposes the reins of a school being handed to for-profit education management companies as could occur under Lindsey's bill. 'We take a very strong position that it should only be a not-for-profit charter school that will continue to involve parents,' said Phelps."
I agree that public charter schools should not be handed to for-profit educational management companies. Even if the initial intent to hire a for-profit management company has an educational priority, in time (as the link, below, illustrates) for-profit management companies can quickly evolve into having a profit priority instead of an educational priority. Monetary greed can take priority over student and teacher needs, in other words.
February 2nd, 2013
9:14 am
I should note that I appreciate and support Lindsay's efforts, but legislation has to do more: delete the restrictive Constitutional prohibition on new school systems, change the paradigm of education to one of local control (ie, portfolio model), and restore funding to schools. The parent trigger law is one tool, not a panacea.
February 2nd, 2013
9:16 am
Republicans and super-majorities. If you want to have democratic rule then you need to adhere to the concept of 50% plus 1 wins for almost all democratic decision making. The parents or teachers should win the conversion on that basis. The board should be able to block the conversion on that basis. The parents or teachers could appeal to a state board. The state board could overturn or affirm the local board's decision by 50% plus 1. Super-majorities should be reserved for things like amending the US Constitution, impeaching governors and presidents, admitting new states to the union, and going to war. Changing a school's operation is not such a big deal that it needs a super-majority.
February 2nd, 2013
9:19 am
This quote is funny…"argued that the law would lead to corporate interests exploiting the schools."
Nefarious interests ALREADY exploit the traditional public schools from jacked up racial politics to outright commercial exploitation. The fear of exploitation is here and now because it has already come to pass in our traditional public schools.
Failing traditional public schools need to close and every employee in them needs to lose their job.
I HOPE and am GLAD that a business can educate kids in a nurturing enviornment AND make a decent profit.
Today's traditional public schools are already exploited by greedy, for-profit administrations like Dekalb county's public school system.
In my deepest and most sincere wishes I hoped traditional public schools would educate kids honestly and efficiently and in some parts of the country they do but here in the metro Atlanta area, traditional public school systems are corrupt and need to be abolished.
February 2nd, 2013
9:30 am
My first question is this: what defines a "failing" school? Is it the thoroughly discredited standardized tests? Graduation rates? Successful graduates (successful, as in living productive lives as citizens)? Teachers' evaluations of kids' progress? What? "Failing to make AYP" is merely code language for the silly standardized tests.
Secondly, has anyone in Georgia looked into the few schools in California that have activated the "parent trigger law"? I recall reading a few months ago that they were dismal flops. Sorry that I can't recall the source of that reading.
February 2nd, 2013
9:35 am
The fact that the teachers' unions have Maureen out pot-banging against this sensible pro-choice reform speaks to its favor. As does her trotting out the old "for-profit' bogey. (Wonder if the fat-cat union bosses, by the way, will ever consent to work for free?)
Parents interested in some general background on school reform would do well to rent the film WAITING FOR SUPERMAN.
February 2nd, 2013
9:36 am
the irony of this while thing is most teachers would welcome parental involvement with open arms.
February 2nd, 2013
9:39 am
I totally agree with you, "I love teaching."
I've not really researched Parent Revolution in California, but while I agree with some of the things the organization says, I would note that it is funded by the usual suspects: Gates, Broad, Hewlett, and Walton (Wal-Mart). These folks have put major bucks into what they call education reform, but it has become increasingly clear to me that their primary interest is in harvesting the taxpayer's dollar–an enormous return for those major bucks.
Furthermore, Parent Revolution sent out paid staffers to collect the parent signatures for schools under the parent trigger law. Knowing that, I doubt that 60% is very hard to reach.
February 2nd, 2013
9:40 am
@ "Google"–WAITING FOR SUPERMAN has also been widely discredited. Look at the stats for charter schools, instead.
February 2nd, 2013
9:56 am
@Theresa (9:06 am)
The central issue, of course, is the education establishment's continued inability to demonstrate mastery of these terms:
February 2nd, 2013
9:58 am
I think most parents simply want the school to run like a business. Good teachers…pay them well and keep them teaching. Bad teachers…hit the bricks. Same for Administrators. And FOR SURE the students. This is the heart of the problem. Get bad kids OUT of traditonal schools and alllow teachers to TEACH, not follow a PC outline on how to baby sit horrible students and their irrational parents.
PS: I've hever heard of parents needing to petition about a private schoool. What does that tell you?
February 2nd, 2013
10:00 am
@Maureen, I am unclear why you are posting again about the Parent Trigger. It seemed to me that you covered all of the salient points in the last post.
This is supposed to be about parent empowerment. If a school is failing, and the school board (elected by the taxpayers) is not doing their job, then parents should have an option to act in this manner. The problem with the current bill is that it is too broad and would only serve to put pressure on local school boards to act. As I stated previously:
1. I do not believe it should apply to any school – only to a school that is "failing," and the language in the current bill is inconsistent and ambiguous about what constitutes "failing." And as we know, the bill indicates that a school doesn't have to be "failing" to become a charter conversion school.
2. The bar is really not that high for a local school board to override a petition with a very strong backing. However, the fact that a local school board can reject a petition is a huge problem and a constraint of our flawed constitution. Perhaps, as people have commented, it will simply be used to pressure a local school board to act boldly.
3. Parents whose children are currently attending the school should be the ONLY ones who are eligible to vote.
4. Finally, I do not believe that the for-profit charter management companies should be an issue, especially if the company is legitimate and has a solid track record of successful student achievement. This seems to be the place where the teacher unions have flexed their muscles.
Bottom line is this. A parent trigger bill is likely to be passed in some shape and form – the question is whether the Dems will rally enough support to push for the needed changes to make this legislation work for our parents and our children.
February 2nd, 2013
10:02 am
If 60% of the parents were involved with their children's education, the school would not be failing.
February 2nd, 2013
10:07 am
Underlying much of the give and take (as well as MD's post content) seems to be a somewhat disparaging viewpoint of parents. Can parents recognize acronyms? Will parents be lulled by "for profit" companies who may not be as altruistic as a nonprofit? Do parents have the intellectual and professional wherewithal to conceive and institute a parent trigger process? Don't parents need to be taken care of by "professionals" who know better?
Gosh, look where that's gotten us with public education in DeKalb, Georgia, and across the country.
That's very frustrating. It's as if posters and this post believe otherwise intelligent people become less capable when they become PARENTS. We are still prone to generalization and labeling rather than considering the fact that PARENTS represent the cross-section of humanity. I'm no pollyanna, but I do believe that PARENTS are the front line of raising the next generation.
We didn't get stupid just because we gave birth or adopted.
February 2nd, 2013
10:10 am
It's those who seek to "discredit" and silence all criticism of traditional public schools … who are themselves (shamed and) discredited.
The film WAITING FOR SUPERMAN is an expose of reform failures only a union organizer would seek to deny.
February 2nd, 2013
10:12 am
Somebody commented that "we should let the parents do whatever the he(ck) they want". Not a bad idea. A random group of parents culled from a computer generated list couldn't do a worse job than the clown show we see in some school systems (Dekalb, Clayton). So what is there to lose? The good systems won't be affected,and the bad ones will see the leech/parasite class unemployed posthaste. Again, how is this not an improvement?
A common sense reform that is long overdue.
February 2nd, 2013
10:13 am
@Cindy "WAITING FOR SUPERMAN has also been widely discredited".
Because it doesn't support your opinion?
Once again the defenders of the status quo attack any and all threats to meaningful change.
1 out of 4 kids across the country drops out, 32% in Georgia. The current model has failed but you can't see the forest for the trees!
February 2nd, 2013
10:16 am
"the irony of this while thing is most teachers would welcome parental involvement with open arms."
Not true. Well, partially true. They would welcome parental involvement on their terms only,with all the condescension and blame laying that they could squeeze into the encounter.If things worked out well,then the teacher could take the credit.If not…Then the parents are just bad parents.Just like in business, credit flows up and blame flows down
February 2nd, 2013
10:18 am
@Clutch Cargo, you are unfortunately correct. On a separate topic, the "system" works against the parents and children who are subject to bullying behavior. I have seen far too many cases where the school does NOTHING. It seems that policies protect the aggressor, not the target! But that will be for another fight and that will also get fixed!
February 2nd, 2013
10:37 am
"I Love Teaching. . . " at 8:57 am asks: "Why is it okay for corporate interests to make a tidy sum, but not okay for teachers to ask for compensation? What's up with that?"
What's up with that, in my opinion, has been a national propaganda movement, of the last few decades, toward the advantages of the private sector taking over much of the public sector's job functions. I am posting, below, the remarks of a poster in response to my post on Kyle Wingfield's blog thread (1/31/13) regarding tax-credit scholarships, which will give the details which justify my contention, above. Again, it should be highlighted that both Rep. Lindsay and Sen. Millar are members of ALEC.
"I believe that you do indeed 'see what is going on in our era, with long ranged ramifications for our state and nation.' You correctly observe that this private school tax-credit scholarship movement must be viewed, not just in terms of whether it is but one more good public policy alternative for promoting education in general, as Kyle Wingfield would have us believe, but whether it is in fact just one more destructive prong in the multi-pronged radically conservative, well-financed 'national movement towards dismantling public schools for private ones, or for public charter schools which are operated by private corporations for profit…' as you say. And I firmly believe that when one 'follows the money' back to the individuals and groups working behind the scenes in state legislatures around the country promoting the passage of these private school scholarship tax-credit laws, people like billionaire radically conservative Betsy Devos and her public school-privatization front group, the American Federation for Children, and the also radically conservative, extreme right-wing legislative clearinghouse group, the American Legislative Exchange Council, one certainly gets a better understanding, a more complete picture, 'what is going on in our era.' What's going on? The elimination of universal, traditional public schools in America.
A terrific New York Times news article on the subject of these private school tax-credit scholarship programs published May 21, 2012, written by Stephanie Saul: 'Public Money Finds Back Door to Private Schools,' digs into this as it reports these facts:
'A national network of school choice advocates has been promoting the programs with financing from conservative activists and foundations. The advocacy groups do everything from financing political advertising to lobbying state legislatures. One group, the American Federation for Children in Washington, D.C., has not shied from the rough and tumble of state politics.'
In Florida's 2010 election, the federation supplied $255, 000 to finance an organization that paid for advertising against Dan Gelber, who was running for attorney general and opposed state financing fro private schools.'
'The ads, mailed to Jewish neighborhoods, called Mr. Gelber "toxic to Jewish education.' His staff found out about them from his 11 year old daughter, who called the office in tears after finding an ad in their mailbox.'
And this: 'One big proponent of the tax-credit programs is the American Legislative Exchange Council, a coalition of conservative lawmakers and corporations that strongly influences many state legislatures…'
'ALEC is a huge player in pushing forward a conservative agenda based on the premise that the free market and private sectors address social problems better than the government,' said Julie Underwood, dean of the school of education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who has been critical of ALEC's education agenda.'
Believe me, Republican Rep. Earl Ehrhart who sponsored the 2008 bill that authorized the SSOs and the tax credits is not operating in a vacuum here. He is carefully following the radical right-wing Republican-Libertarian public school privatization-for-pofit-and-ideology national game plan of Betsy Devos, the Koch brothers and their legion of fellow like-minded conservative Republican-Libertarian billionaires who are using their fortunes to radically transform public education in America by effectively using back-door means to eliminate it. This private school scholarship program is but one of those means.' "
"Here is a link to the New York Times article covering these private school scholarship tax-credit laws, especially the Georgia law, the article entitled 'Public Money Finds Back Door to Private Schools' by Stephanie Saul, May 21, 2012:"
February 2nd, 2013
10:37 am
Blaming parents, teachers, Bill Gates or the next arrival of Haley's Comet is a waste of time. Everyone over the age of 18 realizes that schools need to raise their expectations and students must rise to those expectations. America has gotten lazy – from our waist lines to our welfare lines – so how do we change it?
I'm in my 25th year of teaching, and I'm honestly doubtful it can be done. Our politicians don't have the will; our parents don't have the way as the ones who need to have lost control of their children; our teachers are mostly too frightened to actually raise their standards.
The key to our educational future is that our students, all of our students, need to work harder. What ideas do you have to make that happen?
February 2nd, 2013
10:43 am
CORRECTION: Rep. Lindsey, not Rep. Lindsay. My apologies.
February 2nd, 2013
10:49 am
I see no problem at all with permitting parents to pull the trigger on a failing school when the board of education refuses to. The thing that parents need to educate themselves about when it comes to charter schools and management of them is that they do NOT have to hand full control of a school over to a charter management organization (for-profit or not-for-profit). The optimal situation results when a skilled administration takes over or launches a school, supported by an education services provider that does not employ the administration or staff. This only happens when an astute board of directors negotiates a contract that puts the provider in its proper place.
What has happened in some Georgia charter schools is that a for-profit CMO comes in and recruits a group of parents for the board of directors, convinces them to cede full control of the school to the CMO, and then effectively controls the board as well by ensuring that they don't have a broad knowledge base of school law, school finance, etc. Decision making is then the purview of the CMO and profit motives supersede the educational mission.
It doesn't have to be that way, but it takes a board of directors with a variety of expertise in several areas, as well as a good board attorney to negotiate the contract with the CMO. The best possible outcome is a contract where the CMO is a service provider ONLY, with the administration and staff hired as public employees of the board. This arrangement keeps the integrity of the administration and the board intact and allows decision making without regard to profit.
Banning for-profit CMOs is throwing out the baby with the bathwater.
February 2nd, 2013
11:01 am
Dr. Henson – we are in 100% agreement! Thanks for the clarification.
February 2nd, 2013
11:07 am
Not sure if parents can "fix" a school but they absolutely can make sure their child learns. Children will pretty much turn out just like the parent.
February 2nd, 2013
11:11 am
Lots of bandwidth going to niche fix-its, charter schools, parent trigger, a school board here, a school board there, but my point is this is 10% of the aggregate activity?
How come the private school gets an award, a real one, for being decked out stem to stern with digital curriculum software, but in the government K12 school outside of Atlanta, teacher's last words to me were "We have no supplies. Nothing." "Supplies" means books, software, cogent intelligent planned materials. There's a big void. I know it from having taught without books for a few years. Goes like this: you have books but it is obsolete and not enough to distribute in a productive manner. And then there is the books left are loaded with graffiti. My point is, I am guessing? out in the real world? what you serve is where the nutrition is at? Maybe it is not a simple matter. Maybe as a state, Georgia needs some outside influence and performance models, and I don't mean from Arne Duncan, the make-work do-nothing who does nothing to provided curriculum. I guess he thinks the school districts will do it themselves. If Arne Duncan was managing a manufacturing factory…
February 2nd, 2013
11:24 am
All of this is just leading to the privatization of the "public school." All of our children are just going to be a number on someone's accounting sheet. It's already that way now because your child's name is not important on the principal's report, it's only the child's standardized score that the principal finds really important because that's what makes him look good to the board. The board certainly doesn't want to hear names, they just want to hear good numbers. It's all about the bottom line, really. Why are people like Bill Gates and other software gurus so very interested in education? I'd like to think it is their interested in improving America's education, but when you study their grant offers and try to tap into their resources, you'll find they're more interested in their accounting bottom line as well. In the meantime, what happens to our children? Another set of standards? another set of conflicting teaching/learning methods? Whole language isn't that many years old and wasn't it supposed to cure the cross-curriculum and writing ills? What's to be muddled next? Oh, I forgot, it doesn't matter as long as the bottom line of the CEO's accounting sheet is doing well and the trained teachers who truly care have been driven straight to hell.
February 2nd, 2013
11:33 am
Theresa, what's your point in listing industry acronyms?
Acronyms are jargon. I am not impressed with industry jargon. The fact that you do says a great deal about you and unfortunately, it isn't good.
Parents want:
good communicatin
nurturing environments
Notice all of the above don't have acronyms to describe them — because acronyms aren't important.
February 2nd, 2013
11:38 am
Private Citizen, I am a tax paying parent. I DO NOT want my child to be decked out stem to stern with techno-ggadgets. I work everyday with techno-gadgets and I sure don't need them to learn.
I want my child to use a pencil, paper and a text book.
I want the teachers to have a white board and marker and TEACH.
If I could, I would throw away the copy machine and burn the teacher's computer and her Promethean board.
All those gadgets break, malfunction, cost ridiculous amounts of money and do no better than teaching with chalk, pencils and books.
February 2nd, 2013
11:43 am
I really don't see much utility in Parent Trigger laws, other than it might (emphasis on might) cause school administrators to be a little more diligent in the performance of their duties.
No, what parents need are alternatives to the traditional public school model and I think tax credits would be the simplest, most effective way to accomplish that.
February 2nd, 2013
12:14 pm
Tell you what would help the schools; a teacher trigger. Make it a nice high number, so as not to cut the principal off at the knees. But if a full 75% of a teaching staff says a principal isn't effective, you better believe there is a really good chance he/she is the one wearing the "I'm Stupid" T-Shirt in the I'm with Stupid——>/I'm Stupid duo.
It's called checks and balances people; checks and balances. And it works.
February 2nd, 2013
12:31 pm
Beverly Fraud, that is a wonderful idea! Teacher Trigger! Most teachers who sense the fraud, much less speak the fraud are soon gone from the faculty.
February 2nd, 2013
12:41 pm
@Status Quo Again "@Cindy "WAITING FOR SUPERMAN has also been widely discredited".
Becaause it doesn't support your opinion?
No, because it is a propagandistic piece of fiction, and should be watched with this firmly in mind, lest one become prone to believing "facts" like a group of "mutants" were the ones who averted the Cuban Missile Crisis, as we are shown in X-Men: First Class.
February 2nd, 2013
1:05 pm
At the end of the day you still have socialistically-funded schools that are ultimately relying on the government to steal from the general population on behalf of their children.
If parents really cared about their children, they would TAKE BACK responsibility for educating them and either home school them or work within the current marketplace of educational alternatives to get them a good education. Better yet, they would work to end the government monopoly on education and government micromanagement and control of the education marketplace so that there was a truly free market in education in which they could participate.
But as so many have pointed out, this is about a power grab, not a responsibility grab as these parents don't actually want to take responsibility for the education of their children and its accompanying costs. They continue to want government to STEAL on their behalf to subsidize the choice they have made in their lives rather than assuming personal responsibility.
Typical. Just another example of why our society will never really get better until the government system that exists today finally collapses and people are forced to go back to taking responsibility for themselves.
February 2nd, 2013
1:55 pm
If you can't get some parents to the school a single time in an average school year, how the heck do you think these parents would ever pull that trigger? The kids who need it the most do not have parents capable of doing this.
February 2nd, 2013
2:09 pm
This initiative has an unfortunate vigilante name. And to think, we claim the kids have violent computer games.
February 2nd, 2013
2:10 pm
Teachers, would you say that $50,000/year is your average pay? I'm doing a survey.
February 2nd, 2013
2:14 pm
Once Again, the truth is that for some reason that is well beyond my current comprehension skills, in the USA, government services are used to fraud and self-serving dealings. For example, I've been reading about police departments who basically write tickets as a form of taxation. Meanwhile, online commenters from Europe say, "In comparison, Europe has tradition of good public services without corruption." If they want to make a tax there, they do it in a rational manner, not widepread use of police to harass the public, like what is soooo common in Georgia and many places in the US. Seems to me US government is plagued by people with "child mind." like when a little kid steals of breaks something and then tells a magic story / lie about it. This type official operations approach is so wide-spread in the USA. My point is, there are places with public services that are delivered in an efficient productive manner. The problem is not the benefits of public services, the problem is something else, this sort of addiction to dysfunction.
February 2nd, 2013
2:22 pm
Truth, I'd put that number at $40k, with the master's degree credential. Maybe $39k and some change.
Here's special present just for you: http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/teachers-salaries_teachsal-table-en
February 2nd, 2013
2:31 pm
Truth, the other thing you want to look at is number of hours required. If do some Google searching, there is commentary re: comparative conditions. In the rich countries, read that the US teachers are paid less and work more hours than teachers in other rich countries. Hmmm I wonder at what is point is "the point of marginalization" and have we passed that, considering pay / hours / conditions?
My point is that the conditions are not efficient; hence, hampster, meet wheel. PS Have you been themed today?


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Written on May 12, 2011 at 1:51 pm , by April Franzino
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Written on January 27, 2011 at 8:33 am , by April Franzino
Amy Abramite, creative director of Maxine Salon in Chicago shared this video on how to do a chic, classic updo in less than two minutes with FITNESS. Watch and learn!
Categories: Beauty On the Go, Hair Helpers, Thrifty Thursday | Tags: Amy Abramite, chignon, hair, Maxine Salon, updo
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Thrifty Thursday: Animal Attraction
Written on January 13, 2011 at 11:22 am , by April Franzino
Our love for animals and beauty products meets in these whimsical, creature-adorned treats. They're guaranteed to make you smile every time you pick them up! (We'd know—all three currently have a home on our desk.) From left:
Soap and Paper Factory Patch NYC Whale Solid Fragrance—despite its moniker, does not smell like a whale; rather a unique mix of patchouli, basil and jasmine.
Alora Ambiance Triple Milled Shea Butter Soap in Bimbi As indicated by it's duck-dotted wrapping, smells fresh and faintly sweet, like a baby's skin.
Tokyo Milk Little Art Flat Pocket Mirror in Graphic Bird slips undetected into—you guessed it—your back pocket.
Categories: Beauty On the Go, Thrifty Thursday | Tags: Alora Ambiance, animal, mirror, perfume, soap, Soap and Paper Factory, solid fragrance, Tokyo Milk
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Glam Your Way Into 2011
Written on December 30, 2010 at 10:47 am , by Fitness Magazine
New Year's Eve gives all women an opportunity to be bold—so why not make a statement with your makeup? To create a simple yet dramatic look, we love the combination of a matte red lip and false eyelashes. For that kiss (we hope!) at midnight, stick to a lip stain instead of lipstick and your pout will last into 2011!
Our picks: Maybelline Color Sensational Lipstain in Cherry Pop and Revlon Fantasy Lengths False Eyelashes in Intensifying. Happy New Year from FITNESS!
-Michelle Ernest, beauty intern
Categories: Beauty On the Go, Thrifty Thursday | Tags: false eyelashes, lipstain, makeup, Maybelline, new years eve, Revlon
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No-Sweat Skin Savers
Written on December 9, 2010 at 9:39 am , by Fitness Magazine
At FITNESS, we know the importance of a good workout. While the sweat may work wonders on your body, it can wreak havoc on your face, resulting in unwanted blemishes. Here, a few tips to prevent workout woes:
- Avoid contact with equipment. It's impossible to steer clear of equipment when you're at the gym, but it is possible to avoid contact with it. Before sitting or laying down on any of the machines, lay out a clean towel to use as a barrier, protecting your skin against dirt and bacteria. Don't feel like carrying around a towel with you? Wear workout clothing that covers breakout-prone parts of your body, such as the back and shoulders.
- Tie your hair. When you're working out, your scalp produces oil more quickly than usual. If your hair falls onto your face during exercise, the likelihood of a breakout increases. Prevent blemishes by keeping hair off your face and back with elastic hair ties and headbands.
- Hands off! Touching your face is the number one way of transferring bacteria onto your skin. No matter how strenuous the workout, keep sweaty hands out of your skin!
- Clean your gym bag. Let's face it: We require quite a few on-the-go supplies after a long workout. Storing your gym bag in a locker (or putting it on the locker room floor) can allow dirt and bacteria to get in, as does touching your products before washing your hands. Clean the outside of your gym bag with an antibacterial wipe or spray every couple of uses, and store makeup in Ziploc bags so it doesn't come in contact with your sweaty gym necessities.
- Choose cotton. Nylon and polyester clothing hinder the skin's ability to breathe, clogging pores and causing body breakouts. Choose cotton as your go-to material; it allows skin to breathe even during your most grueling cardio class.
-Nina Ramadan, beauty intern
Categories: Beauty On the Go, Thrifty Thursday | Tags: Acne, breakout, exercise, Face, hair, skin, tips, Workout
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Thrifty Thursday: Scalp Savior
Written on December 2, 2010 at 8:50 am , by April Franzino
Scalp dryness can flare up in winter or from washing your hair frequently after workouts, says Skyy Hadley, owner and founder of As "U" Wish Spa in Hoboken, New Jersey. Prevent flakes and itchiness from over-washing with this simple hydrating treatment: Part hair into four sections with a comb, then use your fingers to rub a dime-sized amount of pure olive oil into each area of your scalp. Leave on for as long as you can and wash out with your regular shampoo. Bonus: This treatment's practically free!
Categories: Beauty On the Go, Hair Helpers, Thrifty Thursday | Tags: As "U" Wish Spa, olive oil, scalp, Skyy Hadley, treatment
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Thrifty Thursday: Clear Mascara
Written on October 21, 2010 at 10:38 am , by Fitness Magazine
I switch out beauty products like I switch out shoes—way too often. But the one product that has managed to stick around in my makeup bag is Maybelline New York Great Lash Clear Mascara. It goes on smooth, and never gets dry and flaky. I use it to tame my eyebrows, and under mascara as a base coat to make my lashes pop. My lashes are naturally curly and can go a little crazy on their own, so I use it alone during workouts to keep them groomed but natural. The best part: It's under $5! What's your favorite thrifty find?
-Kari LaPrade, beauty intern
Categories: Beauty On the Go, Thrifty Thursday | Tags: brows, lashes, mascara, Maybelline, Workout
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Ubaldo Jimenez enjoyed his best outing of the season and Jason Kipnis' ninth-inning home run gave Tribe a last at-bat win as Cleveland beat the Cardinals 4-1 Sunday afternoon in the rubber match of a three-game weekend series at Busch Stadium. The win bumps the Indians' record up to 32-27 and brings them to within half a game of the division-leading Chicago White Sox.
The Indians didn't get off to a promising start. After Rafael Furcal grounded out to lead off the bottom of the first, Jimenez left a fastball right over the middle of the plate to Carlos Beltran, who promptly deposited it over the right field fence to give St. Louis a 1-0 lead. It was the only run Jimenez would allow Sunday.
The Tribe offered a delayed response in the top of the third. Shin-Soo Choo led off the inning with a ground rule double off Joseph Kelly, who was on the mound in the first big-league start of his career. Asdrubal Cabrera moved Choo to third on a groundout ahead of Kipnis' one-out walk to set the stage for Carlos Santana's sacrifice fly. Choo's run tied the game at 1-1, but that was all the Indians would get off Kelly.
The score was deadlocked from the third inning on as Kelly, Victor Marte, Marc Rzepczynski and Mitchell Boggs shut down Cleveland's offense while Jimenez and Vinnie Pestano kept St. Louis' bats at bay. Finally, in the top of the ninth inning, Johnny Damon reached with a leadoff single and Cabrera drew a walk to bring Kipnis to the plate with two one and one out. After battling Cardinals closer Jason Motte for five pitches, Motte left a fastball over the inside part of the plate and The JK Kid drove it into the stands for a three-run homer. Chris Perez worked a scoreless ninth and got his league-leading 20th save as the Indians got a 4-1 win and took two of three for the series.
Source: FanGraphs
The Good: This was the best we've seen from Ubaldo Jimenez all season. Pitching against arguably the best offense in baseball, Jimenez held St. Louis to just one run on five hits in seven very strong innings. Even more encouraging, he struck out seven Cardinals batters without walking or hitting any. I'd go as far as to say it was his best outing since August 2011 and easily one of the three best starts he's had since he came to Cleveland last year.
Jason Kipnis obviously had a great day at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a homer, a double, a walk, a stolen base, a run scored, and three RBI; Shin-Soo Choo (2-for-5 with a double and a run scored) and Shelley Duncan (2-for-4) also enjoyed multi-hit games. Overall the Indians reached base 14 times with 10 hits and four walks as Cardinals pitchers got only one 1-2-3 inning—not bad for a team that had scored only one run through eight frames.
The Bad: The flipside of all those baserunners is that so few of them came around to score. Long-term this isn't anything to worry about, but Kipnis wouldn't have needed to come through in the clutch if more than one of the 11 baserunners the Indians had before the ninth inning had been able to cross the plate.
It was also a shaky outing for Vinnie Pestano. After getting Adron Chambers to ground out to start the bottom of the eighth, he issued three straight walks to Tyler Greene, Rafael Furcal, and Carlos Beltran to put the go-ahead run 90 feet away with the heart of St. Louis' order due up. He ended up getting out of the jam in typical Pestano fashion, getting both No. 3 hitter Yadier Molina and cleanup man Allen Craig to strike out swinging, but it wasn't his usual clean eighth inning.
The "Huh?": I get that the All-Star vote is a popularity contest, and I don't expect the best players to win. Nor am I the first person to note how ridiculous it is that Jason Kipnis has fewer votes than Robert Andino and Chris Getz. But come on, man! Sunday was one of the best games of the year for one of the best young players in the game. Is it really possible that he won't get named to the Midsummer Classic?
Interesting Tidbit: The last time Ubaldo Jimenez had a start in which he struck out at least a batter per inning without walking anyone was over a year ago—June 7, 2011.
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One man is dead after officials say he fell off of a truck bed.
A recent Georgia state house candidate is out of jail on bond accused of attacking another woman in Thomasville.
Police say 27-year Haley Shank forced her way into 24-year old Caitlin Gilbert's Clay Street home around 11:30 yesterday morning.
Gilbert claims Shank grabbed her by the hair and refused to leave until 911 was called.
Shank released a statement to us saying "The statements as quoted from the Thomasville Police Department...have included many falsehoods and inaccuracies. I ask that my community continue to have faith in my veracity. I have been advised by legal counsel to give no further information until this incident has been resolved."
"They were told by the residents at the house, Ms. Shank actually grabbed the victim by the hair, pulling some of her hair out and also causing some scratches to her hand," said Lt. Eric Hampton.
Shank was released from jail on a $725 bond.
She is charged with disorderly conduct.
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St. James Church
Architect: attributed to Minard Lefever
Location: 32 St. James Street
A Greek Revival church, quite possibly from one of the leading lights of the style. But Minard Lefever's most lasting contribution to American architecture isn't anything that stands, or ever did stand. Instead, it might be his pattern books.
You've probably noticed most entries so far don't list an architect. Well, in the days before the profession was rationalized by government and professional associations like the AIA, few buildings were made according to customized plans drawn up by an architect. Doing so wouldn't merely be considered expensive, but unnecessary, overwrought — like bringing out a bazooka to a deer hunt. Instead, for all but the most complex buildings, it would be considered enough for a builder to consult a pattern book that detailed possible floorplans and elevations, plus treatments for doorways, windows, fireplaces and the like in a wide variety of styles. A builder would then use his experience to adapt such designs to the contingencies of a site and the whims of the owner.
Lafever's four books, three of which had already been published by 1837, did much to promote the Greek Revival: suddenly, everybody with a little scratch can have their temple to Apollo.


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For September to November 2012, compared with the previous three months of June to August 2012, the number of unemployed people fell and the number of people in work increased. Fewer people claimed Jobseeker's Allowance in December than in November.
The fall in the number of people out of work and looking for a job was 37,000 when September to November 2012 are compared with the previous three months. Overall there were 2.49 million people unemployed in September to November. The number of unemployed men fell by 37,000 while the number of women unemployed was the same as the previous three months. Between September and November 2012, 1.41 million men and 1.08 million women were out of work, available for work and seeking a job.
The percentage of the labour force who were out of work, available for work and seeking a job was 7.7%, down 0.1 percentage points. The rate rose sharply at the onset of the 2008/09 recession and peaked towards the end of 2011 at 8.4%. Historically, since records began in 1971, the largest unemployment rate in the UK was in 1984 at 11.9%, with the lowest at 3.4% in 1973.
Claimants down in December
The claimant count was down 12,000 from November to December 2012, to 1.56 million. The claimant count measures the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), and differs from unemployment as some people unemployed are not eligible for Jobseeker's Allowance. For example someone unemployed but living in a household with an income over a certain threshold cannot receive the allowance.
Employment growth faster than population growth over the year
There were 90,000 more people in work in September to November than over the previous three months, and 29.68 million people aged 16 and over had a job. Compared with a year earlier, employment was up by over half a million (552,000), increasing at a faster rate than the population (up 367,000). The employment rate, which measures the percentage of people aged 16 to 64 in work, was up from 70.3% in September to November 2011, to 71.4% in the same months of 2012.
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This is a short video looking at the latest on the UK labour market in January 2013.
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It will cover September to November 2012, compared to June to August 2012.
We will show the level and the rate, and unemployment was down 37,000 to 2.49 million, with a rate of 7.7 per cent.
Employment for everyone aged 16 and over was 29.68 million, up 90,000, and 71.4 per cent of people aged 16 to 64 were in work. Inactivity for those aged from 16 to 64 was 9.03 million, down 13,000, and 22.5 per cent of people aged 16 to 64 were inactive.
Finally, the claimant count, the count of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, in December 2012, was down 12,000 on November 2012 to stand at 1.56 million. And the claimant count rate stood at 4.8 per cent.
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We will start this month by looking at the annual change in unemployment, and using this graph, we can see the annual change in unemployment from 1993 to the current period in 2012. The red rectangle highlights the large increase in the annual change in unemployment brought on by the economic recession.
Looking at the annual change in unemployment by gender, the red line illustrates the annual change for men, and the green line the change for women.
Now we will focus on the current period of September to November 2012. There has been a decrease in unemployment of 185,000 compared with the same period in 2011. If we break this decrease down by gender, using this chart, we can see that 140,000 of the decrease were male and 45,000 female.
The next chart shows the annual decrease in unemployment broken down into age bands, and as we can see, 82,000 of the decrease were in the 16-24 year old age group.
Returning to the previous graph, we can see, using the dotted black line, that the annual decrease seen for the period September to November 2012 was the largest annual decrease since March to May 2001.
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Now we will turn our attention to employment. We will start by looking at the change in the number of people aged between 16 and 64 employed from the start of the recession in 2008, which was April to June, to the current period of September to November 2012. The blue line shows the rate over the period, and in April-June 2008 employment stood at 28.8 million, and in September to November 2012, employment stood at 28.7 million, a decrease of 130,000.
So employment is 130 thousand lower to pre-recession, however this does not take into account the impact of increases in the 16-64 population. In April to June 2008 the 16-64 year old population was 39.58 million, whereas in September to November 2012, it was 40.21 million, which is an increase of 634 thousand.
Because of this change in the population, we should look at the employment rate, which is the percentage of people aged between 16 and 64 who are employed. The green line shows the employment rate from April to June 2008 to September to November 2012. At the start of the period the employment rate stood at 72.9%, and in September to November 2012 it stood at 71.4%, a decrease of 1.5 percentage points.
Therefore for the employment rate to have remained the same over the period, for every 100 increase in the 16-64 population there needed to be an increase in employment of 73.
Turning our attention to employment over the last year, this graph shows the employment rate for those aged between 16 and 64. In September to November 2011 the employment rate was 70.3%, and in September to November 2012 the rate was 71.4%.
The employment rate has increased since the number of people employed over the past year has increased faster than the 16-64 year old population. The number of people employed has increased by 470 thousand in the past 12 months but the 16-64 population has only increased by 37,000.
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By JAMES E. CASTO
For the State Journal
Ten West Virginia state parks have year-round lodges
and restaurants. If everything goes according to plan, that number soon will
increase to 11.
Talked about since Beech Fork State Park was opened in 1979,
construction of a long-proposed lodge and convention center there has cleared
another hurdle and moved a big step closer to becoming a reality.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved a required
market and feasibility report for the project. According to House of Delegates Speaker
Rick Thompson, D-Wayne, that approval came nearly a month earlier than
expected, thus speeding up the project's timetable.
"Approval of the feasibility report is a major milestone in
this process, and I am thrilled we are moving forward with the lodge and
convention center at Beech Fork," Thompson said. Thompson praised U.S. Rep.
Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., for "helping us gain the Corps' approval."
The Corps' approval of the market and feasibility report
will allow the state to proceed with the submission of a necessary
environmental assessment.
The approval is another victory for HubCAP, a Wayne County
citizen organization that has lobbied hard for construction of the lodge. The
group got involved at a point when the effort for the long-proposed lodge
seemed stalled.
"We decided we wanted to promote economic growth in Wayne
County through tourism," said HubCAP member Joyce Clark. "The natural fit was
to jump on the Beech Fork project and try to push it along."
In 2011, group members went to the West Virginia Legislature
and buttonholed state lawmakers, arguing the case for the lodge and the
positive impact it would have on the local economy. "We're the naggers," Clark
said at the time. "We're going to nag them until they do it."
In 2012, the group's efforts paid off when the Legislature
approved a $52.5 million bond
issue to finance capital improvements at Beech Fork and Cacapon Resort State
Park in Morgan County. The two parks are to split the proceeds from the bond issue,
which is to be paid back through lottery revenue to the tune of $3 million a
year for 30 years.
At Cacapon, the bond money will go for an 80-room addition
and other improvements.
At Beech Fork, the money will fund construction of a 75-room
lodge with a restaurant, indoor swimming pool, meeting space and recreation
facilities. A feasibility study has indicated that the lodge will pump $2
million a year into the Wayne County economy, while creating 28 jobs.
Beech Fork State Park is located on the tailwater shores of
Beech Fork Lake, a flood control impoundment built by the Corps of Engineers on
the Beech Fork of Twelvepole Creek. The 3,144-acre park is located 12 miles
south of Huntington and just a short drive from Barboursville. It's popular
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Duluth, MN (KDAL) - Grandma's Marathon has tabbed a couple as their volunteers of the year. Sunday evening the 14th largest marathon in the country honored the work of their volunteers. They also tabbed Al and Jan Swanson with the 2013 Don Fennessy Volunteer of the Year Award. For 28 years sets up and runs the timing clock at the 13.1 mile mark. They've been racecourse timers for 28 years. The annual award is named after Grandma's Marathon Hall of Famer Don Fennessy, who was an original member of the board of directors.
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