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Commentary: A promising bill on teacher effectiveness is gutted in backroom deal
By Ben Austin Last month, my organization, Students Matter, issued its support of California’s AB 934 – a state bill that, though imperfect, honestly attempted to address the grave defaults in the...
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Possible Board Candidates: District 4
Most Angelenos don’t realize it, but the local primary election is just five months away. Even fewer know that in addition the Mayor and City Council, the March 5 ballot will include three school board...
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Contrasting Reactions to Parent Trigger
24th Street parents hand their petition to LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy (via LA Times) Nearly 100 parents of students attending 24th St. Elementary dropped off a “parent trigger” petition yesterday...
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Garcetti Praises Reform Strategies
Left to right: Greuel, Garcetti, James, Perry, Pleitez Prior to today’s United Way mayoral candidate’s forum, we had been told to expect Wendy Greuel to “come out” as an “education reformer.” But...
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NYU Professor’s Non-Apology to Parent Revolution Head
Over the recent Memorial Day weekend, NYU education historian Diane Ravitch penned a pair of angry blog posts about the parent trigger and Parent Revolution’s Ben Austin. Among other things, Ravitch...
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Commentary: An extraordinary effort for extraordinary need
Ben Austin LAUSD School Board Member Steve Zimmer’s recent commentary “Standing with Beatriz” hit the nail on the head on one key issue: for our children, the stakes are high. Let me acknowledge first...
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Austin stepping down as head of Parent Revolution
Parent Revolution’s Gabe Rose (left) and Ben Austin Ben Austin is stepping down as executive director of Parent Revolution, a group he founded six years ago to aid parents pushing for change in their...
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Parent Revolution announces Seth Litt as new CEO
Seth Litt Parent Revolution has announced that Seth Litt is taking over as its CEO. The news comes a full nine months after the organization’s former executive director and founder, Ben Austin, stepped...
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