Primary tabs
Location
The Washington Post: 20 questions for parents about K-12 school reform
The campaign goal: “Every American Child is ready for College, Work and Life!” Join a community that is well informed on education issues in the news. See the links below and Get Empowered Now.
In an earlier post, I made a case for taking a broader perspective about the 
causes of U.S. school learning challenges, rather than simply focusing on its teachers.
The list of entities that play a major role in whether a district, or school, or even a classroom can meet the public’s learning goals include local school boards, state boards of education, the testing industry and more. (You can see them all here.) And finally, I said this:
“The observant reader may note that the above list is one short. Here it is, though it is not politically correct to say: ‘America’s K-12 parents.’ ”
If you are a parent, here are 20 questions for you to answer that will reveal how you would support a local school system that wanted to seriously reform.
Take the test. To how many of the following 20 propositions can you honestly say “yes?”
Click Here to take the test and read the full story.
