“Parent Trigger” Laws Spark Debate Over Strategies for School Reform

Education Next: CAMBRIDGE, MA—Parent trigger laws allow a majority of parents at a low-performing school to vote to convert a school to an independently-run charter school or force major staff changes.  In a forum released today by Education Next, Ben Austin and Michael J. Petrilli discuss the hurdles parent trigger groups face and whether parents really can turn around chronically failing schools.  “Pulling the Parent Trigger” is now available at www.educationnext.org.

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