The Heartland Institute is a national nonprofit research and education organization whose mission is to discover, develop, and promote free-market solutions to social and economic problems.
LATEST DOCUMENTS
May 20, 2013
Alaska Continues Its Record Long, Snowy Winter
Anchorage, Alaska set a record last week for its longest snow season on record. The city also set a record for its lowest May 17 maximum temperature.
May 20, 2013
Research & Commentary: Digital Goods Taxes
As technology advances, more products are becoming available online in digital formats.
May 20, 2013
No Net Profit
Jacobs High School student Allison Leja of Algonquin, Illinois sued Carpentersville-based Community Unit Sc
May 20, 2013
How Obamacare Is Making Insurance Worse
One talking point about Obamacare that has received little pushback is that whatever you can say about what the law will do to premium costs, or taking away a plan and a doctor you like, it’s going
May 20, 2013
Alabama School Choice Fight Renewed, Vouchers and Disabled Kids, and More: Monday's Ed News Roundup
Alabama's governor de
May 20, 2013
Research & Commentary: North Carolina Tax Reform
This year North Carolina joined the growing number of states considering major changes to its tax system.
FEATURED SEARCH: "THE PARENT TRIGGER"
Feb 8, 2013
Positive Reception for California’s Third Parent Trigger
Ashley Bateman...Exercising their rights under California’s 2010 Parent Trigger law, more than 300 parents delivered petitions to the Los Angeles... or converted into a charter school. Parents are now reviewing proposals from eight... been set.” Sixty-eight percent of parents whose children attend 24th Street Elementary... ...
Aug 6, 2012
Research & Commentary: Parent Trigger Success in Adelanto
Heartland Research & Commentary - Joy Pullmann Heartland InstituteA judge recently ruled that a Parent Trigger petition from parents in Adelanto, California is valid and... the first state to pass a Parent Trigger law, which a dozen other states... It allows a simple majority of parents at a failing school to “trigger” one of several reform options... ...
May 3, 2010
The Parent Trigger: A New Paradigm for Parental Empowerment
Gabe RoseWhat is the Parent Trigger? The Parent Trigger is a historic new law that gives parents in California the right to force... future underperforming school. If 51% of parents sign a Parent Trigger petition, the Local Education Authority (LEA... four options available for... ...
Aug 10, 2010
The Parent Trigger: A Model for Transforming Education
Heartland Policy Brief - Joseph L. Bast, Bruno Behrend, Ben Boychuk, and Marc OestreichThe Parent Trigger is an innovation in education reform... California. Briefly put, if half the parents whose children attend a failing public... of two other types of reform. The Parent Trigger concept is the creation of the Los Angeles Parents Union, a group of self-described... ...
Apr 12, 2013
Texas Legislature to Vote on Parent Trigger Update
Ashley Bateman... bill to simplify the state’s Parent Trigger law and let parents petition earlier to take control of... from Dallas-Fort Worth. “All the parents that I work with across the... within the system.” ‘Too Long for Parents’ Texas’s current Parent Trigger law allows the state to reorganize... ...
Dec 13, 2011
Research & Commentary: The Parent Trigger, One Year Later
Heartland Research & Commentary - Joy PullmannCalifornia passed the first Parent Trigger law in January 2010, taking until... 2011 14 state legislatures also considered Parent Triggers. The Parent Trigger allows parents at a school deemed failing, often... take place. If a majority of parents sign the petitions, the school... ...