Exhortations for more “parental involvement” remind me of calls to be “a good citizen”: In the abstract, everyone is for it. But inspected closely, what’s most often meant by the term turns out to be ...

A New Hampshire Democratic lawmaker is drawing attention for telling a parent Wednesday to "shut up" and "let the teachers teach." The parent had emailed New Hampshire state Representative Tommy Hoyt ...

In March, the House passed H.R. 5, also known as the Parents Bill of Rights Act, which would add several “parental focused rights” to federal law. This type of legislation has succeeded in some state ...

I am a huge fan of public education. My maternal grandparents came to the U.S. from Eastern Europe with little formal education. As Jews, they were legally discriminated against, with no civil rights ...

International Indigenous Policy Journal, Vol. 3, No. 4 (October 2012), pp. 1-19 (21 pages) Indigenous families are often perceived by teachers and school administrators as disinterested and uninvolved ...

Editor’s note: The Centre Daily Times recently sent a survey to all school board candidates with questions about a number of issues. Twenty four candidates responded and 18 did not. We have published ...

Contrary to common misconceptions, Black parents are highly involved in their children’s education. This is one of the key findings highlighted in the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) report titled ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Lawmakers advanced a measure Thursday designed to increase parental involvement in K-12 learning and expand access to certain educational materials. Legislative ...

Parents are fighting over how much say they have in school curriculum. In Chester County, Pennsylvania -- a suburb of Philadelphia -- Ronna Dewey, a mother with a recently graduated son, was alarmed ...

Joseph Padilla, a school board member in Wilson County, emphasized the necessity of increased parent involvement in education. Padilla is absolutely right. Our organization, the Professional Educators ...

Kia reports on driver safety programs like B.R.A.K.E.S. that reduce teen driving accidents through education and parent ...