Parents are stepping up and exerting their parental rights and I, for one, am so happy to see this. They are attempting to bring common sense and the inalienable rights of parents back to education. As Estada says:
"Parents know they have the right to be in charge of their child's education, upbringing, and care. This is not just a Republican issue or even a Christian issue. This is something parents all across the board want. They may have different views on how to raise their children, but we respect that and we advance it and we protect it legally here in our country."
I strongly support a Parent's Bill of Rights. The Coalition for Public Education group (C.O.P.E.) strongly supports a Parent's Bill of Rights. The fact that parents are getting out of the kitchen, out of the house, and out to local school boards meetings all across the country because of their outrage and frustration over what is happening in the public school system, to the detriment of students, to the dismantling of the child-parent relationship, and to the integrity of education in general should impress upon boards of education the seriousness of the matter. Parents matter. Their rights matter. Children matter. The education of our next generation matters. Boards of Education, state legislators, and even our legislators in DC need to recognize and support a Parent's Bill of Rights.
A Parent's Bill of Rights is not only a good-faith gesture that signals and promises to parents that the system is on their side and that it will value their input and their views on how their children should be educated, but it is the RIGHT thing to do.
Resources:
Kelly Mann,
"It's Time for a Parent's Bill of Rights," John Locke Foundation.
https://www.johnlocke.org/its-time-for-a-parents-bill-of-rights/
Josh Hawley, "Josh Hawley Introduces a Parents' Bill of Rights to Defend Parents' Role in Education."
https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-parents-bill-rights-defend-parents-role-education#:
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