Tag Archives: Ben Austin

Will political friends abandon teachers unions in wake of AFT’s “parent trigger” scandal?

By Ben | Published: August 12, 2011

 Parent Revolution’s Ben Austin calls out AFT President Weingarten in open letter
    The recent revelation that the Connecticut branch of the American Federation of Teachers used its political power to neuter that state’s parent trigger proposal has caused a lot of public embarrassment for the teachers union.
    Perhaps even more significantly, the union’s subterfuge has repulsed [...]

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L.A. Parents Pull the Trigger on School Choice

By Ben | Published: December 14, 2010

 During this past week, with the news so focused on the Congressional tax debate and the “wikileaks” controversy, you may have missed reports of a very impressive school choice victory.
The parents of students at McKinley Elementary School in Compton, California have risen up and taken control of their children’s education. 
The parents are making use of [...]

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