The Heartland Institute

... With Herbert Walberg, Let’s Put Parents Back in Charge! (Chicago: Heartland Institute... Behrend, Ben Boychuk, and Marc Oestreich, The Parent Trigger: A Model for Transforming Education, August... Sun-Times , June 28, 2004. “Can Parents Choose the Best Schools for their... Party, Atlanta, May 30, 2004... ...

... Massachusetts Bay Colony – passed laws making parents and ministers responsible for ensuring children... to schools based on where their parents live because that’s easier for... and competition to education by funding parents rather than schools: parents decide which schools their children attend... education... ...

The speech in the attached PDF was delivered by Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast on February 23, 2013, at the Eighth Annual Wisconsin Conservative Conference, Bluemound Gardens, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. An excerpt is below: In 2016, in time for the next presidential election, every child now in high school will be eligible ...

... of politics. One such idea is the Parent Trigger, the notion that if a majority of parents and guardians of children attending a... school district must do as the parents ask. Seven states have adopted some version of the Parent Trigger and some 20 states have seen bills... ...

... was second only to evolution in triggering protests from parents and school administrators.” This is great news, since it reveals that parents are rising up against the bias and sheer propaganda that often masquerade as science when climate is discussed in schools. More good news: “Some teachers ... called... ...

... or new policy innovations such as the Parent Trigger. Vastly and rapidly expand development of the nation s energy resources. We are the Saudi Arabia of coal and natural gas, and our oil reserves are growing fast, too. The only thing standing between us and energy independence is anti-energy policies. Remove... ...