The Heartland Institute

... Senate and House education committees. “Giving parents a broader range of options, via vouchers, online learning, and charter schools will allow more students to enjoy the benefits of choice, competition, and innovation,” said Kevin Kane, president of the Louisiana-based Pelican Institute. Louisiana spends approximately... ...

... 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... ...

... cap on charter schools, introduce a Parent Trigger, expand online learning, allow schools to... lines. Proponents contend the bills expand parental choice and influence in education, which... other six bills, which introduce a Parent Trigger, mandate open enrollment, expand the state... Charters thrive... ...

Parents and teachers in Michigan would have... the Republican-controlled state Senate. The Parent Empowerment Education Reform package is a... September 7. It would establish a Parent Trigger inspired by California’s landmark law... is giving choices and power to parents and students across the state... ...

... approval was a bill establishing a Parent Trigger law empowering parents of children at a failing school... giving school districts a veto over parents petitions to convert a failing public school into an independent charter school. The move surprised and angered House Republicans. Daniels hadn t heard... ...

A Parent Trigger amendment to a parental responsibility bill was voted down in... sponsor said was the end of parent empowerment legislation in the Rocky Mountain... Spence (R-Centennial), the author of the Parent Trigger amendment and ranking Republican member of... committee. Spence had... ...