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LATEST DOCUMENTS
Dec 2, 2013
Projecting Immigration’s Impact on the Size and Age Structure of the 21st Century American Population
Steven Camarota examines census data to find that immigration makes for a much larger overall population, while having only a small effect on slowing the aging of American society.
Jun 20, 2013
The Municipal Government Debt Crisis
June 20, 2013 – The 518 taxing districts within Cook County have a combined “financial burden” of almost $34 billion - an average of $17,147 per Cook County household - according to a study release
Jun 18, 2013
Detroit Offers Creditors Pennies on the Dollar
Less than one month after Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr issued a report declaring the city’s finances to be in worse shape than nearly anyone suspected when he assumed the job in March, Detro
Jun 18, 2013
Climate Alarmists Caught Doctoring ‘97 Percent Consensus’ Claims
Global warming alarmists have been caught doctoring the results of a widely cited paper asserting there is a 97 percent scientific consensus regarding human-caused global warming.
Jun 18, 2013
Just Drop the Tacos and Step Away from the Counter …
Taco Bell®, long a young person’s favorite place for inexpensive and tasty late-night snacks and likely an occasional target of late-night robberies, now finds itself on the wrong end of a lawsuit
Jun 18, 2013
Kansas Common Core Opponents Look to 2014
Although frustrated by this month’s three-vote defeat of a bill to reconsider Common Core national educa
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... ...