Research shows that many parents want school choice, but wantin ain’t getin.
The desperate need is for these parents to be politically organized so that they can protect and reward legislators who support school choice and punish legislators who don’t support school choice.
Nothing is going to change until this happens. No amount of research supporting school choice will cause change. No amount of frustration over the status quo will cause change.
Grassroots organization, especially in Democratic districts, is the only thing that will cause change. The education bureaucracy is already politically organized. Nothing, nada, zilch will change until parents turn their concerns into political organization.
I am trying to politically organize school choice parents in Texas. I would love help from any true believers in Texas. I hope someone is leading the grassroots charge in OK.
Did I mention that….Nothing will change until parents get politically organized around school choice exclusively. This is not about Rep’s or Dem’s, this is about school choice from start to finish!
October 25, 2009 at 11:05 pm |
Wanna know a big problem involving the current state of schools: the people who run for school board. If you got people who care about their kid’s education into the public school boards with the option to allow school choice within your districts, then you’d have it.
And then you’d have a real public school system that worked.