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... ...

... shows strong and widespread support — among parents of CPS students and among other... favor a law that would empower parents to take control of a persistently... to manage the school. That's the "parent trigger" law that has shaken the status quo in California. There's a push for such laws... ...

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 ...

... Carolina’s renewable energy mandate, Maine parent trigger, and Medicaid expansion in North Carolina... RPS mandated state.” Research & Commentary: Maine Parent Trigger Education Maine legislators are considering an... that has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. By allowing... ...

... that has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. The legislation, first passed in California... propose it in early 2013. A Parent Trigger would allow a simple majority of parents at a school to “trigger” one of several options, including conversion... Maine legislators... ...

... Exchanges - Income Tax Reform - Pension Reform - Parent Trigger - Vouchers - Hydraulic Fracturing/Mining This week’s edition of The Leaflet features research and commentary addressing 9-1-1 fund raiding, frac sand mining, attracting independents and Democrats with school choice, Louisiana tax reform, tax breaks for banks... ...