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The Columbus Dispatch: Takeovers of lousy schools by parents never began

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By Bill Bush

If the state of Ohio’s transition to new proficiency tests didn’t kill the “parent trigger,” it’s put it on life support.

The GOP-backed law that created the parent trigger was inserted into the state budget bill in 2011 and took effect last year. It allowed parents at 20 extremely low-performing Columbus City Schools to take over buildings beginning this school year if they wanted, and every year thereafter.

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