Parent Empowerment

The latest news about efforts to bolster parent influence in school-level education policy.

Parents of students at the Dumas Technology Academy Elementary School in Chicago hug Yolanda Harris after she organized a protest outside the school in March over the proposed closing of the facility by the Chicago Board of Education.
—Charles Rex Arbogast/AP

Chicago School Closures Galvanize Parent Activists

Many affected by the shutdowns vow to harness momentum from the battle and keep pressure on the school system. (June 4, 2013)

Coverage of parent-empowerment issues is supported by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation, at www.waltonfamilyfoundation.org.

Spotlight on Parent Empowerment and Choice

This Spotlight looks at new initiatives that have placed parents front-and-center on the national education reform stage, offering them opportunities to directly shape their children's education.

K-12, Parents, and the Public Blog

07/30 11:59 am | First School Created Under 'Parent Trigger' Law Opens | The Desert Trails Preparatory Academy, in Adelanto, Calif., welcomed students following a tumultuous process led by parents determined to change the leadership and direction ...

On-Demand Webinars

Common Core State Standards: Bringing Parents on Board
Our webinar guests talk about the common challenges that districts face in making the common core understandable to parents, and explain how school systems can address parents' fears and misgivings about the standards.

Engaging Parents in Schools and Student Learning
In this webinar, our guests discussed why parent engagement matters, and offered practices that schools can use to create systems that support family and community engagement.

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A number of national school organizations are trying to introduce parents to the common-core standards through written materials, videos, public service announcements, and in-person presentations.
September 25, 2012 - Education Week
'Hybrid' Home Schools Gaining Traction
As home schooling grows in popularity, lines are blurring between private and public schooling.
August 7, 2012 - Education Week
Nearly six decades after Brown v. Board of Education, attention is focusing on a handful of charter schools that were specifically created to be racially and socioeconomically diverse alternatives to the regular public schools in their neighborhoods.
June 1, 2012 | Updated: January 30, 2013 - Education Week
Authorities in a number of states are split over who should have the final say on allowing charter schools within a particular district’s boundaries.
May 22, 2012 - Education Week
The specially themed schools conceived to spur desegregation are becoming another choice for public school students.
May 8, 2012 - Education Week
Piecemeal strategies may undercut NCLB-mandated efforts to draw in parents.
April 3, 2012 - Education Week
Cash-strapped school districts turn to outside groups for help in paying for staff and academic essentials, prompting frustration from some.
March 13, 2012 - Education Week
Both critics and proponents of school choice say growth in state special education voucher programs could pave the way for broader school choice initiatives.
February 27, 2012 - Education Week
Proponents and critics of the citizen-led efforts split on how profound an impact they're likely to have on public schools.
February 7, 2012 - Education Week
Districts, however, must approve of the new materials, and parents must pay for them.
January 13, 2012 - Education Week

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