Missouri: A Parent Speaks Up for St. Louis Public Schools
The Republican-controlled legislature in Missouri has imposed charter schools on the state’s two urban districts (but not their own). The legislature is now considering HB1552,...
Category : Parents
New Bedford Parents: We Don’t Want a Charter School!
This post was published by the Network for Public Education. The authors remind us that the only thing innovative about charter schools is their marketing...
Holding Parents Accountable When Their Children Kill
This very important story appeared in the Washington Post. She had seen her grandson’s red, spiral-bound notebook before that night, but now, as Catherine O’Connor...
Jennifer Berkshire: Will “Parent Rights” Be a Winning Issue for the GOP?
Jennifer Berkshire wrote a fascinating article in The New Republic about the politics and history behind the “parent rights” issue. She reminds us that the...
Remember Sandy Hook.
Nine years ago, a deranged gunman blasted his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. He murdered 20 children and six educators, including...
Leonie Haimson: To Reduce Inequality, Cut Class Sizes
Leonie Haimson, executive director of Class Size Matters, is one of the nation’s most persistent advocates of class size reduction. She is the voice of...
Missouri: A List of Bills Filed by Legislators for the Next Term
A group committed to equity in schools—the Missouri Equity Education Partnership—posted a list of bills that have been filed for the 2022 session of the...
Peter Greene on the GOP’s “Parent Bill of Rights”
Peter Greene reviews efforts by Congressional Republicans to pass legislation guaranteeing parent rights. He goes through the legislation point-by-point and concludes that most of the...
Massachusetts: Parent Coalition Protests New Charter in New Bedford
Two leaders of the New Bedford Coalition to Save Our Schools—Cynthia Roy and Roberto Rosa—are outraged that the state is about to plunk a new...
Schneider and Berkshire: Parents Do Not Have the Right to Decide What Their Children Learn
Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire are co-authors of A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School. It...