The Heartland Institute

McKinley Elementary School parents say they are undeterred by Compton... a charter school. Attorneys for the parents said they would move ahead with... Guzman appeared alongside several other McKinley parents at a press conference at the... first to use California s landmark parent empowerment law, also known... ...

... are considering significant education reform initiatives. The Parent Trigger, allowing parents to petition for school-wide reform... state, they share one overarching concept: parent empowerment. Previously implemented reforms have been... how long the process takes. Empowering parents has been proven... ...

... failing to make the grade, and parents are afforded virtually no recourse when... that is garnering significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. It was first passed in California... other states, including Indiana. The Indiana Parent Trigger would allow a simple majority of parents... ...

...The assault on California s year-old parent empowerment law better known as the parent trigger offers liberals and conservatives a rare... adopt changes it would otherwise reject. The parent trigger is a modest law less than... if at least half of eligible parents at a persistently... ...

Compton parents who submitted petitions to convert the... people to use California's landmark " parent trigger" law, McKinley organizers claim they've... me. More than 60 percent of parents in the south-central Los Angeles... school into a charter school. The parents picked Celerity Educational Group , a... ...

... nation s capital by adopting a Parent Trigger that would empower parents to demand that their schools be... program down. We recommend, instead, that parents whose children attend public schools in... into charter schools, or (c) the parents be granted automatic admission to the... their children... ...