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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Another 'Parent Trigger' Effort Ends in Defeat

    Compton and Adelanto school boards in have rejected parents' efforts to reform failing schools. Parents' signatures to "trigger" reforms were withdrawn at the last minute.

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    By Warren Olney • Mar 30, 2012 • 53m Listen

    First in Compton, now in Adelanto — out in the Mojave Desert — elected school boards have rejected petitions by parents to reform failing schools. In both cases, the signatures of enough parents to "trigger" reforms have been withdrawn at the last minute. Was there fraud, intimidation or outside pressure? What was the role of the teachers' union? Will Adelanto become ground zero for education reform? Also, movie director James Cameron's dive to the deepest place in the ocean. Will 3-D pictures create a craze for Marine Biology? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, is there unconscious racial bias in America's justice system?

    Banner image: Desert Trails Parent Union, courtesy of Parent Revolution

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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