More Than a Score, a group convened by PURE to resist standardized tests in Chicago, was written up in a recent Chicago Reader article about the excess of tests in Chicago schools. We wrote about MTAS's testing forum in last week's newsletter. If you missed that story, you can read about it on our blog.

PAA co-founder Pam Grundy on the parent trigger in Ed Week

There was a great quote about parent trigger laws in Education Week from PAA co-founder Pamela Grundy, leader of PAA affilate Mecklenburg ACTS in North Carolina. Here's part of that piece:

"Some opponents of the parent-trigger concept see its backers as poised
to sweep into other states and effectively set the agenda for supposedly
grassroots efforts.

"Pamela Grundy, the co-founder of Parents Across America, a Chicago-based
group opposed to parent-trigger laws, said such bills continue to be
pushed by the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative
Washington think tank, and the Foundation for Excellence in Education, a
Tallahassee, Fla.-based organization led by former Florida Gov. Jeb
Bush, a Republican, that advocates policies such as A-F school grades
and charter schools.

"Part of the strategy, she contended, is to support 'a tremendous
scattershot of legislation,' especially in GOP-dominated states, to
spread groups like hers thin. (Republicans control the Florida, Georgia,
and Oklahoma legislatures, but Democratic legislators are in charge in
Connecticut and California.)

" 'There are a lot of very conservative legislatures across the country,'
Ms. Grundy said.

"Ms. Grundy also said she believes that Parent Revolution is gearing up
to take over many parent-trigger efforts around the country."

Read more parent trigger news below in PAA Chapter and Affiliate News.