Last Stand for Children First: Getting Parent Voices Heard in Education Debate

Last Stand for Children First: Getting Parent Voices Heard in Education Debate:

Getting Parent Voices Heard in Education Debate

by Last Stand for Children

One of the biggest challenges of the education reform movement is to get parent voices heard.   Parents are important stakeholders in the discussion about how to improve education, but too often their voices are suppressed by the adults in the system.  Partnering with education reformers is one of the very best ways for parents to get their voices heard.  While they may have numbers, we have the money and access to the media to amplify parent messages.

The problem is lately, parents are missing this point.  Parents are actively fighting school reform and as a result,