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	<title>Comments on: Parents choose new charter operator in first ever &#8216;parent trigger&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: Robert D. Skeels</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert D. Skeels</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walmart democracy: ONLY 53 people in a city of 31,765 ( 0.16% of Adelento residents) got to vote on privatizing a public school. That is the so-called Parent Trigger in action. Ben Austin and Gloria Romero have accomplished what the Walton, DeVos, Koch, and Broad families have been dreaming of for decades.

The distinguished Professor Diane Ravitch wrote a quick piece entitled “Ironies of the First Parent Trigger” on her blog that contains some powerful facts about this unfortunate event. One fact it doesn’t contain is that pariah Doreen Diaz, who Austin and staff handpicked to front their “parent” efforts, will have no children enrolled in the school when the private operator takes over the school. That is the biggest irony of all.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Walmart democracy: ONLY 53 people in a city of 31,765 ( 0.16% of Adelento residents) got to vote on privatizing a public school. That is the so-called Parent Trigger in action. Ben Austin and Gloria Romero have accomplished what the Walton, DeVos, Koch, and Broad families have been dreaming of for decades.</p>
<p>The distinguished Professor Diane Ravitch wrote a quick piece entitled “Ironies of the First Parent Trigger” on her blog that contains some powerful facts about this unfortunate event. One fact it doesn’t contain is that pariah Doreen Diaz, who Austin and staff handpicked to front their “parent” efforts, will have no children enrolled in the school when the private operator takes over the school. That is the biggest irony of all.</p>
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		<title>By: Rise &#38; Shine: DPS unveils school-matching tool &#124; EdNewsColorado</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rise &#38; Shine: DPS unveils school-matching tool &#124; EdNewsColorado</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
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