The Heartland Institute is “trigger happy” today. They’ve been one of the few free-market think tanks really promoting the concept of parent empowerment. That’s why today’s news is so promising.
The first school has pulled the trigger, and is working to convert “government/education complex” infrastructure over to independent infrastructure. This is a good thing.
For more information on how the Parent Trigger changes the dynamic on education reform, check out these links.
Heartland’s Parent Trigger page.
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For purposes of full disclosure, yes, I am the director of the Center for School reform at The Heartland Institute.