{"id":5279,"date":"2012-03-01T11:46:26","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T16:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=5279"},"modified":"2012-03-01T12:28:18","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T17:28:18","slug":"union-leader-parent-trigger-and-school-grade-changes-a-land-grab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/03\/01\/union-leader-parent-trigger-and-school-grade-changes-a-land-grab\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Leader: Parent Trigger And School Grade Changes A “Land Grab”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association<\/p>

Jean Clements, president of the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association<\/p><\/div>\n

Hillsborough County Classroom Teachers Association president Jean Clements says dual efforts to toughen Florida’s school grading system and approve a law allowing a majority of parents to choose how to restructure their child’s failing school amount to an education land grab for private business.<\/p>\n

Clements’ op-ed was published on the Washington Post’s Answer Sheet blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Clements argues Florida Department of Education is changing its grade standards with the intention of failing more schools. The agency argues raising standards will compel schools to find ways to improve.<\/p>\n

Parents at those failing schools could then invoke the newly approved legislation, nicknamed the “parent trigger,”<\/a> and force the district to restructure the school. That could include closing the school, replacing the principal and\/or staff or converting to a charter school.<\/p>\n

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From Clements’ op-ed:<\/p>\n

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