The Heartland Institute

The Parent Trigger is an innovation in education reform... California. Briefly put, if half the parents whose children attend a failing public... two other types of reform. The Parent Trigger concept is the creation of the Los Angeles Parents Union, a group of self-described... 11-member board... ...

... and Michael Bileca have introduced a Parent Trigger bill that would authorize parents to choose a reform option for... would also require schools to notify parents of online options if their child... rated or qualified teacher. With a Parent Trigger law, “I would feel empowered knowing... ...

... drama. The policy debate centers on Parent Trigger laws, which enable parents to require changes at low-performing... charter school. Seven states currently have Parent Trigger laws, and 15 more are considering them, according to community organizer Parent Revolution. Won’t Back Down seeks... ...

... advocacy organizations are working to pull parents into larger policy debates over school... lead to naïve expectations of what parent power can accomplish, especially since some... Kelly, discuss strategy and outlook for parent power activists, offering recommendations to help lead them to sustained, successful... ...

A Parent Trigger bill that aims to give parents more influence in their children’s... a petition by the majority of parents at schools performing in the state’s bottom 20 percent to trigger one of several reforms. Petitioning parents could choose conversion to a charter... petition threshold... ...

A judge recently ruled that a Parent Trigger petition from parents in Adelanto, California is valid and... the first state to pass a Parent Trigger law, which a dozen other states... It allows a simple majority of parents at a failing school to “trigger” one of several reform options... ...

... County schools. It’s called the Parent Trigger. If passed, the reform would allow a simple majority of parents of students in failing schools to... 000 teachers. The FEA claims the Parent Trigger “is about corporations that want to manipulate concerned parents into sabotaging their local... ...

... has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. The legislation, first passed in California... to propose it this year. A Parent Trigger would allow a simple majority of parents at a school to “trigger” one of several options, including its... be converted to a charter. A... ...

... has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. The legislation, first passed in California... propose it in early 2013. A Parent Trigger allows a simple majority of parents at a school to “trigger” one of several options, including conversion... school’s per-pupil funds. The... ...

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 district... ...

... has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. The legislation, first passed in California... propose it in early 2013. A Parent Trigger allows a simple majority of parents at a school to “trigger” one of several options, including its... school’s per-pupil funds. The Parent... ...

... has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. The legislation, first passed in California... propose it in early 2013. A Parent Trigger allows a simple majority of parents at a school to “trigger” one of several options, including conversion... school’s per-pupil funds. The... ...

...Exercising their rights under California’s 2010 Parent Trigger law, more than 300 parents delivered petitions to the Los Angeles... or converted into a charter school. Parents are now reviewing proposals from eight... been set.” Sixty-eight percent of parents whose children attend 24th Street Elementary... ...

... bill to simplify the state’s Parent Trigger law and let parents petition earlier to take control of... from Dallas-Fort Worth. “All the parents that I work with across the... within the system.” ‘Too Long for Parents’ Texas’s current Parent Trigger law allows the state to reorganize... ...

... 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... legislators considered... ...

What is the Parent Trigger? The Parent Trigger is a historic new law that gives parents in California the right to force... future underperforming school. If 51% of parents sign a Parent Trigger petition, the Local Education Authority (LEA... options available for schools under... ...

Parents of students at a failing elementary... their rights under the state’s Parent Trigger law. Members of the Desert Trails Elementary parent union say if the Adelanto Elementary... charter school,” said Doreen Diaz, a parent and lead organizer with the Desert Trails Parent Union. Parents... ...

... has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. The legislation, first passed in California... Sen. Edward Lindsey indicate his proposed Parent Trigger would allow a simple majority of parents at a school to “trigger” its conversion to a charter school... school’s per-pupil... ...

... No Child Left Behind make a Parent Trigger an easy fit for North Carolina.... Policy Solution North Carolina should adopt a Parent Trigger that would allow a simple majority of parents at a school to trigger one of several reform options. Ideally... into a charter school, or giving parents... ...

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