PAA members to demonstrate against ALEC
May 8, 2012 No Comments ›› pureparentsWhen members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) descend on Charlotte for their spring summit, Parents Across America will be there to meet them. Members and supporters of PAA affiliate MecklenburgACTS will spend Friday, May 11, calling attention to the destructive education legislation that ALEC has promoted, legislation that increases high-stakes testing, promotes school [...]
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina Parents Oppose Corporate Ed Reform
Mar 28, 2012 No Comments ›› leoniehaimsonSouth Carolina: Parent Opposition and Resistance on Ed Reform Initiatives For Immediate Release March 27, 2012 Contact Person: Sarah Johnson Phone: (803) 920-4058, (843) 819-8933 Email: CVedu20@gmail.com Local Parent/Teacher Advocacy Group Welcomes US Secretary of Education to Town Charleston, SC – Charleston Area Community Voice for Education, an affiliate of Parents Across America, extends a [...]
Continue ReadingMedia Alert: PARENT PRESS CONFERENCE in Baton Rouge today
Mar 22, 2012 No Comments ›› leoniehaimsonPARENTS PRESS CONFERENCE in Baton Rouge When: 2:00 p.m. today, March 22, 2012 Where: Steps of the Capitol, Baton Rouge, LA Reference: H B 976 Contact: Karran Harper Royal, with “Parents Across America” Phone: 504-722-8174 E-mail: karranroyal@yahoo.com Attached and copied below is a press release for a Parents’ Press Conference, featuring several organizations of parents [...]
Continue ReadingParents Across America hails defeat of Florida’s Parent Trigger bill
Mar 10, 2012 1 Comment ›› leoniehaimsonFor immediate release: March 10, 2012 Contacts: Rita Solnet, Boca Raton: (561) 289-7333; rsolnet@aol.com Caroline Grannan, San Francisco: (415) 412-5758; cgrannan@gmail.com Parents Across America hails defeat of Florida’s Parent Trigger bill: A victory of parents over forces that would privatize and profit from our public schools Public education and true parent empowerment were the winners [...]
Continue ReadingFlorida Parent Groups Frustrated by Lack of Access
Mar 6, 2012 2 Comments ›› leoniehaimsonCheck your pockets when a Corporate Education reformer claims to care about parent empowerment; nearly always, as in this case, they are working for their own private ends. For immediate release.Tallahassee, Florida On Saturday, March 3, 2012, for the third time in a matter of weeks, a real Florida parent was cut off mid-sentence during [...]
Continue ReadingParents Across America gives a thumb down to the Parent Trigger in NY
Jan 11, 2012 4 Comments ›› leoniehaimsonFor immediate release: January 11, 2012 Leonie Haimson, Class Size Matters, leonie@classsizematters.org, 917-435-9329 Caroline Grannan, Parents Across America, cgrannan@gmail.com, 415-412-5758 Today, a pro-charter school organization launched in New York called NY-CAN, and announced they will be advocating for a version of the so-called “Parent Trigger” legislation to be passed in New York State. The organization [...]
Continue ReadingPAA opposes House charter school bill
Jul 5, 2011 No Comments ›› pureparentsToday Parents Across America (PAA) released a position paper opposing HR 2218, the so-called “Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act.”
Continue ReadingStealth U.S. charter network linked to Gulen raises concerns
Jun 8, 2011 5 Comments ›› leoniehaimsonThe New York Times this week published an investigative report about the financial practices of a sizable group of Texas charter schools being operated by the followers of Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish Islamic religious leader “whose devotees have built a worldwide religious, social and nationalistic movement in his name.” While the New York Times focused [...]
Continue ReadingPAA press release on new ESEA position paper
Apr 20, 2011 2 Comments ›› pureparentsIt’s time for lawmakers to listen to parents! National parent group reaches out to Congress on ESEA, demanding less testing and privatization and more proven, effective reforms As Congress considers the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, aka No Child Left Behind), Parents Across America, a national network of public school parents, [...]
Continue ReadingPAA press release on “Parent Trigger” legislation
Mar 16, 2011 No Comments ›› leoniehaimsonFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 16, 2011 Contact: Leonie Haimson (NYC): 917-435-9329; leonieh@parentsacrossamerica.org Julie Woestehoff (Chicago): 773-538-1135; juliew@parentsacrossamerica.org Bill Ring (LA): 310-600-2015; billr@parentsacrossamerica.org Andrea Mérida (Denver): 303-550-0677; andream@parentsacrossamerica.org Caroline Grannan (SF): 415-412-5758; carolineg@parentsacrossamerica.org Julia Sass Rubin (NJ): 609-683-0046; jlsrubin@verizon.net Parents Across America: We oppose Parent Trigger laws Reform should rely on proven solutions that involve parents [...]
Continue ReadingWe object to unbalanced witness list of House Ed Committee hearings
Feb 10, 2011 2 Comments ›› adminThe Education and Workforce Committee of the US House of Representatives is holding hearings on “innovation” in education policy today. The list of witnesses completely excludes the people who have the greatest stake in public school improvement – parents. The witnesses also represent a single, ideologically driven approach to educational policy that has yet to [...]
Continue ReadingParents Across America Launches Nationwide
Feb 9, 2011 No Comments ›› pagrundyParents Across America: National group launches to give parents a voice in the education debate FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, February 9, 2011 Contacts: Leonie Haimson: 917-435-9329; leonieh@parentsacrossamerica.org Julie Woestehoff: 773-538-1135; pure@pureparents.org Parent advocates from across the country converged on New York City on Monday, February 7 for the first national forum of Parents Across America, [...]
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