Why Public School Parents Oppose H.R. 2218and Our Recommendations for Improving the Charter School Bill A Parents Across America Position Paper on the“Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act” July 5, 2011 Parents Across America (PAA), a grassroots organization representing public school parents from across the United States, opposes the
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PAA Founders
Natalie Beyer has three children in the public schools in Durham NC, where she was recently elected to the school board. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English and Behavioral Science from Rice University and a Master’s of Healthcare Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She
Why Class Size Matters
Across the United States, class sizes are increasing at unprecedented rates. An estimated 58,000 teachers were laid off in September, at the same time as enrollment was increasing in much of the country. Clearly budget pressures are weighing on states and school districts, but there has also been a fierce
About PAA
Parents Across America (PAA) is a non-partisan, non-profit grassroots organization that connects parents from all backgrounds across the U.S. to share ideas and work together to strengthen and support our nation’s public schools. Parents Across America is committed to bringing the voice of public school parents – and common
Position paper: Why PAA opposes mass school closings
By Julie Woestehoff What are mass school closings? Mass school closings occur when school districts decide to close large numbers of public schools in a community within a single year, citing a variety of reasons like “underutilization” or academic failure. These closures go far beyond the periodic need to close
The Empowerment Parents Want: The LSC Model for School Reform
The Empowerment Parents Want: A Real, Effective Voice in our Children’s Education As corporate efforts to privatize and capitalize on public education are increasingly being exposed as ineffective and damaging, the wealthy sponsors of these controversial strategies – e.g. school closings, turnarounds, charter school expansion – have been attempting to
PAA on the parent trigger
Why PAA opposes California’s Parent Trigger law: It represents neither real parent choice nor empowerment California’s Parent Empowerment Act passed in early 2010 and has been supported by backers of corporate education reform nationwide. It is now being used as a model for legislation in other states, including New Jersey,