The Wall Street Journal – Ben Boychuk
“The question is whether the rejection of the Compton parents’ petition to reform a failing elementary school under the state’s “parent trigger law” represents a major defeat or a mere setback . . . And even if opponents of parent empowerment succeed in their cleanup effort—hardly a foregone conclusion—any new law would take effect no sooner than Jan. 1, 2012. That means parents still have ample opportunity to vindicate their rights and the rights of their children.”(more)