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The bargaining table and one of the most influential of these groups is right here in los angeles. it's known as parent revolution. two years ago it actually helped pass legislation here in california known as the parent trigger law. giving parents the authority to force change through petition. everything from firing teachers to turning public schools into charters. >> right now an education is with power. you have the teachers' unions and the district administrators, making a lot of decisions and they are all affecting kids and the one group that doesn't have a strong voice and an actual pla...

Unions are made up by parents who are fed up with their children's struggling schools and feel that conventional channels for change are simply no longer working. one of the most influential groups in the whole country is based right here in los angeles, parent revolution. they helped pass legislation two years ago called the parent trigger law. parents at this school north of los angeles used it just last month, giving them the authority to force change through petition and may even result in the firing of teachers and converting this school into a charter. >> it has the best interest of the ...

Groups around the country is los angeles based parent revolution. they managed to pass legislation called the parent trigger law that gives them the authority to force change through a petition. everything from firing jaded teachers to converting the school into a charter. >> right now, education a duopoly of power. the administration and teachers are making decisions and assessing kids and the one group that doesn't have a strong voice and actual place at the table are parents. >> there are 20 similar groups in places like, texas, mississippi and new york but some teacher unions are taking st...

Amendment that the california board passed in pursuit to trees to the top money. it's exciting to see whether it plays out. they are trying to mend a system that didn't delivering the results they need. >> i want to bring in a couple of folks who are directly affect go ahead by what we're discussing and fighting in the process to improve the schools here in southern california and not just in southern california but where the schools have suffered the most. compton, the first place to see the parent trigger law used. ben austin is the executive director of parent revolution. it's a group that ...

They are starting to do something about it now. a controversial new state law that gives them a path to school reform. its nickname, the parent trigger law. teachers unions call it the lynch mob provision. it passed both houses of the california legislature by one vote. thelma gutierrez talks now to concerned parents in one community that are already launching a petition drive targeting the middle school. supporters say that this model may empower parents to fix schools all across the country. >> reporter: downtown los angeles, hundreds of angry parents organized to take over failing schools. ...