The Heartland Institute

... credits, Pennsylvania state senators dropped a Parent Trigger provision. The Parent Trigger would have allowed a simple majority of parents to petition for a failing school... have introduced two versions of the Trigger which allow parents to force changes such as closing... the... ...

Draft bills with a Parent Trigger provision have been offered to both... The proposed bills would add the Trigger to current school turnaround options, which... school turnaround if 51 percent of parents with children in that school sign... California, where the nation’s first Parent Trigger... ...

... speaks out for school choice and parental empowerment in this video short from National School Choice Week. National School Choice Week is January 22-28 in 2012. They're holding events around the nation. Click here for more information after watching the School Choice Week video short below. ... ...

California passed the first Parent Trigger law in January 2010, taking until... 2011 14 state legislatures also considered Parent Triggers. The Parent Trigger allows parents at a school deemed failing, often... take place. If a majority of parents sign the petitions, the school... ...

... 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... ...

... hostile to reform, California’s landmark parent empowerment law, also known as the Parent Trigger, was passed quickly by the state... state did not win the grant, the Parent Trigger remains in place. But the law... it lacks critical details about how parents may set in motion... ...