We advocate for legislation that protects parental rights in public schools. Parents Bill of Rights legislation is of critical importance because children belong to parents — not school personnel — and must be regarded accordingly.
What makes the legislation necessary is the extreme lengths public schools have gone to advance a far-left political agenda in K-12 classrooms. Aware that parents don’t want their children exposed to radical teachings, policies, and practices, schools have worked in secret from parents.
Not stopping at withholding information from parents, public schools too often seek to drive a wedge between students and parents by striving to convince students they are the adults who know better than their parents. Some go as far as to portray parents as the enemy, while those teachers assure students that they are the ones looking after the students’ best interests.
For too long, K-12 public schools have been viewed as the only experts when it comes to educating children. What should be a partnership between the home and school — with parents having ultimate authority over their children’s learning — has been pushed aside under the guise that professional educators actually know best. The National Education Association — the largest and most powerful teachers union in the world — tweeted last November: “Educators love their students and know better than anyone what they need to learn and thrive.”
Nothing could be further from the truth. It’s moms and dads who have been with their children since birth and clearly understand what’s in their best interests. And, it’s moms and dads — not teachers, no matter how beloved — who remain in their children’s lives long past each school year.
The value of parents in the education process has been minimized and, in many cases, removed. While the notion that schools know best has taken root for decades, public education bureaucrats, teachers union leaders, and their political allies have doubled down in recent years. And teachers have followed suit.
Too often, it is more than a matter of parents not being viewed as essential assets in their children’s education — they literally aren’t welcome. In 2023, the largest teachers union in the world, the National Education Association, released a video from their annual representatives assembly on their social media channels showing teachers holding signs that read : “Keep your nose out of my classroom.”
Parents are ultimately responsible for their children’s education and must be empowered as the most important voice with decision-making authority concerning their minor-aged children.
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