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Research & Commentary: The Public’s Knowledge and Opinions of School Choice
Heartland Research & Commentary - Joy Pullmann Heartland Institute... these new options is available to parents? While school choice programs were proliferating, parent engagement networks also became increasingly common, bolstered by nationwide attention to Parent Trigger legislation. Numerous school choice advocacy and... dollars to each child and allowing parents... ...
Research & Commentary: The Louisiana Parent Trigger
Heartland Research & Commentary - Joy Pullmann Heartland Institute... that is garnering significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. The legislation, first passed in California... a dozen other states. The Louisiana Parent Trigger would allow a simple majority of parents at a school to “trigger” its conversion to a charter school... the state’s... ...
Research & Commentary: Florida Parent Trigger
Heartland Research & Commentary - Joy Pullmann Heartland Institute... that is garnering significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. The legislation, first passed in California... a dozen other states. The Florida Parent Trigger would allow a simple majority of parents at a school to “trigger” one of three reform options: close... outside firm... ...
Research & Commentary: Louisiana Education Reforms
Heartland Research & Commentary - Joy Pullmann Heartland Institute... altering teacher tenure and pay, a Parent Trigger to initiate school-level reforms, and... teachers’ job security. They also claimed parents are not mentally equipped to choose... measures such as these benefit students, parents, administrators, and teachers by repealing stifling... such a dysfunctional system... ...