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Dear Professor Diane Ravitch:

Parents, educators, and education advocates have a lot in common when it comes to a kids-first first agenda. But we can never seize that common ground if those with whom we disagree are deemed to be "evil" and sentenced to Hell, as you did last week in your now infamous blog post.

by Cynthia Ramirez, Lead Parent Coordinator, Desert Trails Parent Union
6/4/2013

The allegations in the story "Were parents promised pay" (May 25) have no basis in truth. As someone involved with the Parent Trigger campaign in our Adelanto and Desert Trails' community from the beginning, I am deeply offended and insulted our volunteer efforts of the past two years are being twisted and diminished.

The ouster of a Watts principal is wrenching but hardly surprising. Parents lack patience for incremental improvement.

By Jim Newton
June 3, 2013