South 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 welcome to US Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, who will be participating in a local round-table discussion on educational reform and touring James Simons Elementary … →

PARENTS 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 with specific concerns about HB 976. _______________________________________________________ For immediate release Parents to Hold Press Conference 2 p.m. Today on Steps of the Capitol Baton Rouge, … →

For 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 after a “Parent Trigger” law died on the floor of the Florida State Senate on March 9, said Rita Solnet, a Florida parent activist and … →

For 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 is headed by Christina Grant, former deputy director of NYC Department of Education’s Office of Charter Schools. The Parent Trigger law was first passed in … →