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LATEST DOCUMENTS
May 26, 2012
Nation’s Largest Teachers Union Sees Unprecedented Membership Decline
The nation’s largest teachers union experienced an unprecedented decline in membership last year, a development with potentially large impacts on classrooms and state politics.
May 25, 2012
Report: Expand G.I. Bill to Veterans’ K-12 Children
States could save more than $92 million annually and expand education options by letting veterans direct their education benefits to their children using Military Education Savings Accounts, accord
May 25, 2012
Medicaid: Ticking Time Bomb for Texas, Other States
Texas Republican Governor Rick Perry recently described the state’s Medicaid costs as a “ticking time bomb” that will threaten the state’s finances even more unless President Obama’s health care la
May 25, 2012
School Reform News Roundup, Week of May 21-26
The state of Pennsylvania may take over school districts in fiscal chaos .
May 25, 2012
Climate Change Weekly: Global Warming Not a Security Threat, According to NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization does not appear to consider global warming a security threat, Czech President Vaclav Klaus reported at The Heartland Institute’s Seventh International Confere
May 24, 2012
No Benefits, More Burdens If Congress Ends Carried Interest
The practice of hedge fund managers being compensated through a carried interest in investment partnerships has received a lot of attention from some in Congress and President Obama.
FEATURED SEARCH: "THE PARENT TRIGGER"
Model Bill: The Parent Trigger
Marc OestreichParent Trigger Act Summary The Parent Trigger places democratic control into the hands of parents at school level. Parents can, with a simple majority, opt... act may be cited as the Parent Empowerment and Choice Act or the Parent Trigger Act. Section 2. {Definitions... ...
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 Oestreich, Joseph Bast, Ben Boychuk, Bruno BehrendThe 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... ...
Dec 1, 2011
Research & Commentary: The Parent Trigger, One Year Later
Research and 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... ...
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... ...
Nov 13, 2010
Q : What Do Parents Need to Know About the ‘Parent Trigger’?
Ben Boychuk, Ben BoychukCalifornia’s parent empowerment law, known as the “parent trigger,” is less than a year old... Los Angeles-based activist group called Parent Revolution. Under California’s law, passed... if 50.1 percent of qualifying parents sign a petition, the school must... School Reform News recently spoke... ...