North Carolina Parent: I Used to Think My Legislators Supported Public Schools. They Don’t.
Renee Sekel is a parent and public school advocate in North Carolina. She sends her children to public schools. She remembers when she naively believed...
Category : Parents
Lisa Haver: Philadelphia School Board Silences Parent Voices
Lisa Haver, parent activist in Philadelphia, was thrilled when the state relinquished control of the school board in 2018. Now Philadelphia has mayoral control of...
Parent: Why I No Longer Support Vouchers
Dountonia Batts is a parent advocate and community organizer in Indianapolis. she is a member of the board of the Network for Public Education. She...
Islip, New York: Six Students Refuse to Obey Mask Mandates, Backed by Parents
New York State mandated mask-wearing in school. Six students arrived at school in Islip without masks. They were directed to a separate room. Their parents...
Ottawa County, Michigan: Anti-Maskers Disrupt County Commissioners’ Meeting
The state of Michigan allows school districts to determine their policies on masking, which is a terrible idea since it politicizes decisions in each district....
The Battle Against Reality and Science Intensifies
News flash: We are in the midst of a deadly, once-in-a-century pandemic. More than 600,000 Americans have died a horrible death, gasping for breath in...
Traverse City: The Success of Common Sense and Decency
Nancy Ackerman Will, a teacher in Traverse City, Michigan, updated my post today about the angry protestors at a recent board meeting, who accused school...
An Important New Book About New Orleans and Its Schools
Three scholars have recently published a very informative book about the history of education in New Orleans. The authors tell this story by scrutinizing one...
Brookings Study: How D.C. School Choice Intensifies Segregation
The Brookings Institution published a study of the D.C. school system, which is almost evenly divided between public schools and charter schools. It was written...
Kevin Welner: Parents Thrilled with Return of Testing!
Kevin Welner, director of the National Education Policy Center and professor of education at the University of Colorado in Boulder, writes here about the “testing...