We the Parents

In 2006, a group of disgruntled parents from Compton, California, spearheaded the first-ever use of the state’s "parent trigger" law, allowing them to take over their children’s underperforming McKinley Elementary School for conversion into a charter school. This insightful documentary follows the principals as they navigate a new world of television appearances, press conferences, and lobbying, and blaze a trail at the forefront of a national movement. 62 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.