The Heartland Institute

... Debate Begins Monday, August 15, 2011. THE PARENT TRIGGER: A POSITIVE STEP OR A DISTRACTION... California enacted education legislation known as the “parent trigger.” The legislation empowers parents of children at schools that have... signatures from at least 51% of parents at... ...

... 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... ...

... to convert the Connecticut version of Parent Trigger legislation into an advisory committee with... the “absence of charter school and parent groups from the table.” “This is... a backstop” while simultaneously meeting with Parent Trigger advocates to discuss shared concerns and... “steer them in... ...

... Mathew’s Washington Post musings on the Parent Trigger in light of teachers union documents detailing a strategy to derail the parent empowerment legislation, Bruno Behrend, director of... s Jay Mathews has re-declared the Parent Trigger “a waste of time,” because “firing on [the education... ...

... regulations governing the state’s landmark Parent Trigger law at its September meeting. The... be a formality. Under the 2010 parent empowerment law, if at least half of eligible parents at a persistently failing school sign... several prescribed “intervention models.” For example, parents may convert... ...

... union, describes how the union subverted Parent Trigger legislation in Connecticut in 2010. ... ...