When
you throw a rock at a pack of wild dogs, how do you know which one you hit?
It’s the one that’s yelping. That old country saying offers insight into
modern-day politics. You can always tell if a law might make an actual policy
difference by the interest groups that are complaining — and by the intensity
of their yelps.
Every session,
and for as long as I can remember, legislators propose education “reforms”
designed presumably to improve the state’s bureaucratic public-school system,
especially for students in schools where test scores are low. Every legislative
effort causes a few grumbles. But it’s the rarest measure that causes a
commotion.
Most reforms
are like rocks that land in an empty field. They don’t anger anyone because
they don’t challenge any vested interests. But in 2010, Democratic state Sen. Gloria Romero of East Los Angeles
introduced the Parent Empowerment Act, which passed the Legislature and was
signed into law by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger…..To Read More…
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