Sun., May 26, 2013 5:18am (EDT)

Articles Tagged "parent trigger laws"

  • Wed., March 6, 2013 8:36am
    Parents and teachers could ask a school board to make management and operations changes in poorly performing schools under a bill that has cleared the Georgia House of Representatives.
  • Mon., January 7, 2013 11:02am
    Georgia would become the eighth state to adopt so-called "parent trigger" legislation if state House Majority Whip Edward Lindsey gets his way. The laws by which parents can petition to have struggling traditional schools converted into charter schools were popularized by the 2010 movie "Won't Back Down."