PARENT RIGHTS AND THEIR CHILDREN’S EDUCATION The Right to 1. Choice 2. Information 3. Be Heard & Consulted 4. Special Assistance 5. Involvement 6. Safeguards 7. Appeal For a Printable PDF of this Article Click Here The rights compiled here are those that generally apply in most democratic… Read more
Parent Rights a Top Priority for Education Responsiveness (Published by Tunya Audain In Education Advisory on January 13, 2009, Accountability, Parent Involvement in Schools and Parent Rights) How well parents exercise their rights determines what degree or quality of services they get in public schools. It is quite different… Read more
Frustrated Parents Expect Responsiveness & Results It’s taken me 40 years to witness signs that parents may finally be accorded the respect and place they should have in state education systems. The public school movement — in its march to secularization, uniformity, and centralization — has very effectively used and… Read more
When we are promised more parent involvement should we welcome it? Why, when so many parents are already frustrated with what we have, should we welcome MORE of the same. This article argues for radical changes to the education system, which if applied, would unleash presently repressed parent energy: –… Read more
Is this a true formula — socialism equals totalitarianism? Quebec, is increasingly becoming more totalitarian. Children are to go to government subsidized day-care to be "socialized", even as research shows poor results from these day-care programs. Homeschooling parents are discouraged and steered into public schools. Ethics and Religious Culture courses… Read more