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South Carolina Close on Tax Credits, Texas House Passes Charter Expansion, and More: Friday's Ed News Roundup
Joy Pullmann... Angeles paren ts decide to use the Parent Trigger option that does not involve firing teachers or pulling in a charter school operator. Wisconsin legislators visit voucher schools as they discuss expanding the school choice program. Nevada's governor puts his weight behind a school choice proposal. Take a... ...
Feds Scrutinize Wisconsin Voucher Schools, Obama Admin Secretive on $5mil, and More: Friday's Ed News Roundup
Joy Pullmann... FLORIDA: A section of the dead Parent Trigger bill, requiring that kids not be... plus travel expenses for a state " parent engagement director ." Thursday's ed news... FLORIDA: The Senate votes down a Parent Trigger bill for the second time. More... credit scholarship bill. NEW YORK: Angry parents... ...
Wisconsin Choice Momentum, Parent Trigger Novelty in Louisiana, and More: Friday's Ed News Roundup
Joy Pullmann... expansion will pass . LOUISIANA: Teachers unions, parents, and lawmakers from both parties support a Parent Trigger that would let parents petition to have their school placed... likely passage. FLORIDA: Senators seek a Parent Trigger compromise . NATIONWIDE: Thousands of parents rally... ...
New Hampshire Choice Safe, Ohio House Removes Common Core Test Funds, and More: Friday's Ed News Roundup
Joy Pullmann... board ratifies a cooperative agreement with parents on school improvements prompted by the Parent Trigger . CHARTER SCHOOLS: Nationwide, charter funding lags... 2019. A Florida committee has amended the Parent Trigger bill in play , giving school boards... with testing leads to a nationwide... ...
Poll: In Chicago, 61 Percent Support Parent Trigger
Joy Pullmann... found that 61 percent support a Parent Trigger law. Parent Trigger laws allow a majority of parents whose children attend a failing school... state to pass such a law, parents can petition for school improvements, school... and staff. Twelve states are considering Parent Trigger... ...
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... ...