Parent Trigger News Today

General, is designed to serve the interests of powerful adults, powerful adult special interests at the expense of parents, kids, and the rest of us. and that if we really intend to change things, to make education serve the interests of children not as a political slogan or sound bite, but as a reality, the only way were going to do that is stop playing on the other sides home turf where lobbyists and political action committees buy influence and transfer raw political power to parents because ...

Tired of the gridlock in washington. i think after this election is over, we have to find a way to come together. and it seems obvious to me that we would come together over an issue that there is a real possibility of coming to agreement on and i think education reform is that. >> gretchen: everyone is pretty much affected by it. you either pay taxes for it or you have kids in the system. this movie talks about this parent trigger law. how does that -- what is it and how does it give power back...

Up in the officers garage. he is being questioned and forced to surrender his gun and badge. the 25-year-old victim was snatched off the street a few days ago on july 26. the friend got calls demanding a ransom. and the calls, they say, were reportedly traced to johnsons hoax. four men have so far reportedly been charged including one who lives in the same building. johnson has not yet been charged. >>heather: a story for every parent upset with their childrens school. parents in a small califor...

Doreen, you have a child at this school? >> yes i do. jenna: how did this even start? just take us back to the beginning when you decided to explore this parent trigger. >> well, ive been an active parent at the school. i volunteer as pta i was on school council. i addressed the board many times with the issues that were happening at the school, the low performance, low academic qualities of the school and i never got a solution. the only solution that they ever offered me was if i didnt like th...

Wherever they come from, whatever their native language happens to be. jon: in l.a. for instance, they print ballots in seven different languages. congressman steve king, well keep an eye on this bill and see if it actually comes to the floor in this session. >> thank you, jon. jenna: if youre unhappy with your childs education this next story could be very important to you. a major legal victory with nationwide implications from parents simply fed up with failing schools. in california, a group...

Conference of mayors led by ragossa of los angeles unanimously endorsed so-called trigger laws, to let parents seize control of so-called failing public schools. were back with dan, and bill, al colin levy from chicago. so, bill, i never expected to see this, the national council of mayors siding with parents over teachers and solar eclipse? what accounts for it. >> remember the change, a few weeks ago, they started to kill the vouchers program and looked like nationally choice and accountabilit...

Over pay and longer school days and last weekend, u.s. conference of mayors led by ragossa of los angeles unanimously endorsed so-called trigger laws, to let parents seize control of so-called failing public schools. were back with dan, and bill, al colin levy from chicago. so, bill, i never expected to see this, the national council of mayors siding with parents over teachers and solar eclipse? what accounts for it. >> remember the change, a few weeks ago, they started to kill the vouchers prog...

gunning down 16 afghan men, women and children but the u.s. commander of multinational forces promises a full investigation by u.s. military authorities under u.s. law. and the u.s. defense secretary says that the death penalty is a possibility. leon panetta is in afghanistan now. all u.s. forces pass through there when they leave and enter afghanistan and told reporters and i told, war is hell and terrible events like this one on sunday are going to take place. well get live reports...

More beneficial conversation if we were willing to deal with the systemic corruption that is the health care system that costs us double what it should and a banking system that neither -- not only does it not invest in our country but seeks to poach two are the most vulnerable for a yield. ill make that the last word because my name is on the door and i can. you made for a heck of a conversation. mickey nice to see you here in person imf and sam also a pleasure to see you. still ahead here some...

Failure where you want to invoke this parent trigger. whats not clear is what happens next. in other words who gets to pick what the new management or the new system is after the shareholders as i see them which is the parents take over the failing business in this case the failing school. >> shamika, that question was for you. what i would say is that, you know, parents dont know how to run a school nor should they. as a dad im not a medical doctor but i know,000 pick a pediatrician for my daug...