Parent Union (CPC)

A Coalition of Local Leaders. A Statewide Movement for Change. Together, we're driving education reform so every California K-12 student can succeed.

[California Policy Center @CalPolicyCenter]

June 14 is the anniversary of the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt. But how many California students could explain the Bear Flag Republic or how California became a state? We have no idea because California eliminated statewide testing in history and social studies. https://t.co/UuhQI2C7uJ

[Jon Fleischman @FlashReport]

Mark your calendars! 1030am Wednesday (Live!), we'll be having a live post-election-day panel discussion! You don't want to miss this! So Does It Matter dot com!
@lancelands @Susan_Shelley @mattklink @HJTA @CalPolicyCenter

[Defending Education @DefendingEd]

ICYMI: Defending Ed recently reported on a "Direct Action Training: School Walkouts" toolkit put together by the Alliance for Education Justice. The 36-page toolkit promotes direct action, even detailing how to turn "absence into power" by "disrupting normal school routines."

[Lance Christensen @lancelands]

My colleague, @AndrewDav18, recently put together a banger report on the history & importance of charter schools in California & teachers unions' opposition to these kinds of options for parents.
It's worth considering.
Link to the report in the description.

[Liberty Justice Center @LJCenter]

NEW: We've sent a letter putting California @AGRobBonta on notice. 600 CA school districts are actively violating federal law and the U.S. Constitution by using AB 1955 to justify policies that conceal students’ gender transitions from their parents. https://t.co/9GCOssqYUW

[Lance Christensen @lancelands]

I'll share my thoughts on the future of education at the Learn Beyond the Book Summit. I hope you'll join me there. Register at Kerry's link.

[Lance Christensen @lancelands]

Money for public schools should be tied to results. So yes, I dissent from this spendthrift budget. #cabudget

[Emily Rae @EmilyRaeCJC]

Chino Valley Unified has filed a motion to dissolve the injunction blocking its original parental notification policy following the SCOTUS ruling in Mirabelli v. Bonta.

“The precedent is now set, the fight is over, and it’s time to lift that injunction once and for all.” — @realSonjaShaw

https://t.co/pQyrHay6j2

[Sarah Parshall Perry @SarahPPerry]

Early literacy laws requiring phonics, tightening retention & promotion policies, universal literacy screeners in early grades, rigorous curricula, & strict disciplinary policies.

Southern schools are winning the education race, and here's why:

[Secretary Linda McMahon @EDSecMcMahon]

It is indefensible that organizations claiming to care about students have reportedly directed over $1 billion to liberal pet projects while student outcomes continue to lag.

Yet another case study in why education should answer to students and families in the states.

[OC Register Opinion @ocropinion]

Opinion: LAUSD avoided a strike and now wants a state taxpayer bailout to avoid fiscal disaster https://t.co/7G0CrTU7nY

[Lance Christensen @lancelands]

I joined my friend & @CalPolicyCenter colleague, @WillSwaim on @TheRadioFreeCA to discuss the costs of the recent LAUSD union extortion effort to pull dollars out of a dead district.

@EmilyRaeCJC joins after to talk about the brave @RocklinUnified school board appealing their case of parental rights to the US Supreme Court.

Enjoy!

https://t.co/z2De4O1F2K

[Secretary Linda McMahon @EDSecMcMahon]

A big, beautiful tax credit is coming your way next year!

Contribute to a Scholarship Granting Organization to support school choice, and receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit of up to $1,700.

[Liberty Justice Center @LJCenter]

This case is about more than one school district.

It is about ensuring that constitutional rights cannot be decided behind closed doors in administrative proceedings.

LJC continues to stand with CA families in the fight against school secrecy policies.
https://t.co/LBOvOdiLFz

[Jennifer Van Laar @jenvanlaar]

📢CONFLICT OF INTEREST ALERT… LAUSD Acting Superintendent Andres Chait, who’s currently leading the district’s negotiations with the unions and trying to avert a strike, is the brother-in-law of *TWO* UTLA leaders (Secondary VP Alex Orozco and Director Victoria Casas) and married to a teacher who’s a UTLA member?

That’s right. Chait’s wife, Laura Chait Orozco, is Alex Orozco’s sister, according to multiple LAUSD sources, who say that the relationship is well-known among employees though not openly discussed. Laura, a 4th grade teacher at Topeka Street Charter in Northridge, is also a UTLA member.

Alex is married to UTLA Director and LAUSD teacher Victoria Casas. https://t.co/z8hb8ks2Iv

Orozco is UTLA’s healthcare bargaining lead and one of its top organizers, so Chait is essentially negotiating with his brother-in-law on a contract that he and his in-laws will directly and indirectly benefit from - and could "allow" a strike that could serve to build his in-laws’ political careers.

[AvailableToAll @Available2All]

Thanks for the attention, Mike. But you're mischaracterizing our position.

No one wants to “kill neighborhood schools.” We all shop at the neighborhood grocery store. We send our kids to the childcare center down the street. We utilize the local post office.

We do all of the above without empowering the government to draw maps that keep our neighbors out.

Our suggested reforms are explicitly designed to protect the neighborhood character of the public schools.

@Dyrnwyn @AdamPeshek @timderoche

[Parent Union (CPC) @ParentUnionCPC]

Yesterday’s legal panel on parental rights was powerful! Thank you to our panelists @PaulJonna & @ErinFriday75490—and moderator Emily Rae—for defending parental rights in California. Today we head to the Capitol. #ParentsNotPartisans

[Parent Union (CPC) @ParentUnionCPC]

Parents and students are lucky to have today’s #ParentsNotPartisans keynote speaker in their corner. Grateful to @DefendingEd’s @SarahPPerry for inspiring us all to keep fighting!

[Parent Union (CPC) @ParentUnionCPC]

We’re proud to honor @ErinFriday75490 as our 2026 Courage to Lead Award recipient at the #ParentsNotPartisans Summit.
A fearless advocate, Erin has fought tirelessly to ensure California parents are informed, involved and respected—and children are protected.
Congratulations, Erin!