As you listen to this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast on five new questions every parent should ask, also listen to this podcast detailing the six steps school reformers and grassroots activists must take to expand the role of parents in education decisionmaking. The expansion of charter schools and other forms of school choice, along with initiatives borne out of the No Child Left Behind Act and Race to the Top such as Parent Trigger, offer great opportunities to truly put children and families at the center of education (and improve the lives of even the poorest children). But only if an infrastructure is built to help parents make the best decisions.
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Theresa Kimball