{"id":17214,"date":"2013-02-15T12:45:42","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T17:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=17214"},"modified":"2013-02-15T12:45:42","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T17:45:42","slug":"los-angeles-approves-first-conversion-of-public-to-charter-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/17214\/los-angeles-approves-first-conversion-of-public-to-charter-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Approves First Conversion of Public to Charter School"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Daily Caller<\/a> spotlights a landmark decision in the Los Angeles Unified School District this week:<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Board of Education signed off on a parent-led plan to turn a failing public school over to a private charter company this week \u2014 the city\u2019s first use of the controversial \u201cparent trigger\u201d law.<\/p>\n

The 5-1 vote granted parents in downtown Los Angeles final approval to convert 24th\u00a0Street Elementary School into a charter school. The new school will be better equipped to handle demographic changes to the area, parents said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unsurprisingly, and despite the fact that the parents pushing for the change met for over a year to put together a charter proposal, the United Teachers of Los Angeles<\/a>, affiliated with the deplorable California Teachers Association<\/a>, has been opposing the parents\u2019 move by essentially calling the group insane.<\/p>\n

In relevant part, the union\u2019s statement declares:<\/p>\n

We believe parents do not want a private charger corporation to take over 24th<\/sup> Street Elementary, which is exactly what is happening at Desert Trails Elementary School in Adelanto as a result of the Parent Trigger.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, parents who have deliberated for over a year about converting their public school into a charter school, used the state’s parent trigger law to do it, have now been approved for the change, and will get a privately run charter school don\u2019t<\/em>, in fact, want any of this to happen?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to know which is more offensive \u2013 saying that adults who navigate a rigorous legal process don\u2019t understand the consequences of their actions, or that the union who released this statement is in a superior position to judge what\u2019s best for students in a failing school.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the parent trigger, California parents of kids in failing public schools now have a mechanism for saving their child\u2019s education \u2013 and their future.<\/p>\n

Conservatives looking for ways to grow the movement\u2019s electoral base should pay close attention to this development.\u00a0 If championed, it could become a key reason why traditionally liberal voters start supporting more conservative candidates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Daily Caller spotlights a landmark decision in the Los Angeles Unified School District this week: The Los Angeles Board of Education signed off on a parent-led plan to turn a failing public school over to a private charter company this week \u2014 the city\u2019s first use of the controversial \u201cparent trigger\u201d law. The 5-1 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[299,3812,64,4041,1447,3310,1801,1051],"class_list":["post-17214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-california","tag-charter","tag-education","tag-parent-trigger","tag-reform","tag-school","tag-teacher","tag-union"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17214"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17225,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17214\/revisions\/17225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}