Following Senate Education Committee Chairman Piccola's Press

On The Record: Sen. Jeff Piccola

An interview with the Senate Education Committee chairman

DECEMBER 13, 2010 | by ERIC BOEHM, Pennsylvania Independent

http://www.paindependent.com/todays_news/id.4880/blog_detail.asp

Blog Note: According to their website, Pennsylvania Independent is funded through voluntary contributions to the Commonwealth Foundation, a long-time advocate of school choice.  Their President & CEO Matthew J. Brouillette also serves on the board of the REACH Foundation & Alliance  and was recently appointed to the Corbett Education Transition Team.

From Senator Piccola’s website:

12/13/10 Op-ed: Parent Trigger May Soon Be in Pennsylvania’s Education Reform Arsenal

Earlier this month, California parents became the first in the nation to use a so-called "parent trigger" to force radical change at a school ranked in the bottom ten percent of elementary schools in the Golden State.  Pennsylvania may be next to "pull" the trigger.

http://www.piccola.org/press/2010/1210/121310.htm