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LATEST DOCUMENTS
May 18, 2013
Schools Test New Ways to Deploy Teachers
Two years ago Romain Bertrand was a middle school math teacher, finishing his fifth year teaching in North Carolina’s Charlotte-Mecklenberg district and thinking he needed a way to reach more teach
May 17, 2013
CO2 Approaches 400 ppm yet Temperatures Remain Flat
Global warming alarmists are breathlessly filling the media with sensationalist reports of carbon dioxide levels approaching 400 parts per million (that’s 4 parts per 10,000, or a 0.0004 share of t
May 17, 2013
Issue #91: CO2 Approaches 400 PPM, Yet Temperatures Remain Flat
Global warming alarmists are breathlessly filling the media with sensationalist reports of carbon dioxide levels approaching 400 parts per million (that’s 4 parts per 10,000, or a 0.0004 share of t
May 17, 2013
Idaho Sets Up State Exchange
Idaho Gov. “Butch” Otter—one of the most prominent opponents of Obamacare—announced his state would implement its own health insurance exchange under the law.
May 17, 2013
Pacific Islands Growing, Not Consumed by Rising Seas
Islands in Tuvalu and other Pacific regions that served as poster children for global warming and sea level rise are actually growing, scientists acknowledge.
May 17, 2013
Wisconsin Lawmakers Consider Two School Choice Proposals
In 1989, Wisconsin became the first state to implement school vouchers for poor families.
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... ...