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Saturday, May 25, 2013

Real parent power...

Real parent power: let's protest at @parentrev demanding Eli Broad & Ben Austin pay fair share taxes so we can improve our schools. #LAUSD
— Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) May 25, 2013

Friday, May 17, 2013

PESJA: Online Forum by Parents Across America - The Parent Trigger from California to Florida

Online Forum by @parentsacrossam The Parent Trigger from California to Florida parentrigger.eventbrite.com #LAUSD twitter.com/PESJA_LA/statu…
— PESJA Los Angeles (@PESJA_LA) May 17, 2013

Sunday, May 26, 2013 from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM (PDT)

We will be hearing from Lori Yuan, a parent in Adelanto who fought the Parent Trigger at her school, and Parents Across America Founding Member Rita Solnet who, along with other organizations, defeated the Prent Trigger bill in the Florida State Senate on March 9, 2013.

Parents Across America is a non-profit, non-partisan grassroots organization that connects parents and activists from around the country to share ideas and work together to improve our nation's public schools.

Friday, April 20, 2012

Parents Across America Action Alert: Help fight ALEC!

Help fight ALEC! You may have been reading about the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) lately because this group wrote the controversial Florida "Stand Your Ground" law involved in the Trayvon Martin case. They were also behind the union-busting and voter ID laws in Wisconsin. ALEC is a secretive business-backed group that writes conservative legislation and then spreads it rapidly across the nation with the help of wealthy individual and corporate sponsors.

PAA warned parents a year ago about ALEC's education initiatives, which include promoting the "parent trigger," vouchers, and virtual learning.

Now ALEC is being exposed nationwide and many of its sponsors are fleeing the wreckage. Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Kraft have already jumped ship. McDonald's pulled out yesterday as a result of organized pressure. Bill Gates has said he will not renew his current support for ALEC's online education and teacher merit pay initiatives.

Help turn up the heat on other ALEC funders and put an end to their ramrodding bad laws through states before the people even know what's happening. Sign this petition asking AT&T, State Farm, and Johnson & Johnson to stop funding ALEC. Thanks!