Take Action: Empower Parents to Turnaround Failing Schools
Speak up in support of policies that empower parents to create great schools for their children.
Goal: 15,000
•
Progress: 3,512
Sponsored by: StudentsFirst
Every student deserves access to a great school. But students are often forced to attend low-performing schools simply because of their zip codes, and they have limited options to enroll elsewhere.
In too many neighborhoods, parents must enroll their kids in schools that are failing children. Right now, parents have limited power to demand the changes needed to improve their schools. You can help.
StudentsFirst is working to establish policies that empower parents of students in failing schools to 'trigger' changes. Parent trigger laws allow parents to come together and turnaround low-achieving schools. These laws are increasingly making headlines thanks to the movie Won't Back Down.
Parents and students can't afford to wait for schools to get better. Parent trigger empowers them to make change happen now.
Join today and speak up in support of policies that empower parents to create great schools for their children.
I believe every student deserves access to a great school. Because school assignments are typically tied to studentsÂ’ zip codes, some children are forced to attend failing schools simply because of where they live. That's unacceptable.
I support the creation of policies to empower parents to create bold changes when their children are attending failing schools. This includes policies like the "parent trigger," which allows parents to petition for the turnaround of a persistently low-achieving school.
Parents and students can't afford to wait for schools to get better. The parent trigger empowers them to make change happen now.
Petition Signatures
May 11, 2013
luxcika krishnapillai
May 11, 2013
Tori Dickson
May 10, 2013
Kathleen Judd Kraemer
May 9, 2013
Tina Scislow
May 7, 2013
Curzio Bruni
May 7, 2013
(Name not displayed)
May 7, 2013
William Barratt
May 6, 2013
Mariann Rannenberg
May 6, 2013
Janet Robinson
May 6, 2013
May Welford
May 6, 2013
Carol Hupp
May 6, 2013
Kelly Lowry
WE parents know our children better give us back control. My left handed daughter did horrible in public school but in private school she graduated almost 2 years early..I knew what my daughter needed oh and she is working on her doctorate. WE KNOW
May 5, 2013
Olivia Schlosser
May 5, 2013
Darlene Davis
May 5, 2013
Konstantin Trubin
May 5, 2013
Carol Dreeszen
May 5, 2013
Esther Zamora
May 5, 2013
marianne barto
because education is the future of our students
May 5, 2013
Judy Black
May 5, 2013
Cal Mendelsohn
May 5, 2013
terry vanderbush
May 5, 2013
Angelika Roll
May 5, 2013
Danuta Watola
May 5, 2013
Nicole Weber
May 5, 2013
Teresa Wlosowicz
May 2, 2013
Kate Ellington
May 2, 2013
Dauri Fox
The time has come to enrich our children and to end the struggles within our schools.
May 2, 2013
Margaret Denn
Every school needs a great principal. the principal sets the tone for the school and should motivate and supervise the teachers to achieve optimum student results.
May 2, 2013
Andy Murphy
May 1, 2013
Casey Steslicki
Apr 30, 2013
tami uecker
Apr 30, 2013
Christopher Coyne
Apr 30, 2013
Jacque Brien
Apr 29, 2013
Carolyn Burton
Apr 28, 2013
Joanna Schiff
Apr 27, 2013
terry poulson
Apr 27, 2013
(Name not displayed)
Apr 26, 2013
John Clark
Apr 26, 2013
Katherine Sweet
Apr 26, 2013
(Name not displayed)
Apr 24, 2013
Catherine Snyder
Apr 23, 2013
Stephanie Hipkin
Apr 23, 2013
Marcia McDuffie
Apr 23, 2013
Tori Batiste
Apr 23, 2013
Peggy Krombholz
Apr 21, 2013
Carla Herwitz
Apr 20, 2013
Ernest Jae
Apr 20, 2013
Paolo Marini
Apr 17, 2013
Micah McVicker
Apr 16, 2013
(Name not displayed)
