Parent rights and school board accountability were the highlights of a two-day conference in Sacramento earlier this month focused on California schools.
The issues were discussed as part of the California Policy Center’s “Parents, Not Partisans,” summit Feb. 8–9, where more than 100 parents, grassroot organizers, education reformers, and school board members attended. It is the organization’s second such conference in two years.
According to the center’s Parent Union Director Rebecca Holz, it was so-called to “[bring] parent group leaders together who are advocating on diverse issues but share a commitment to parents’ rights in directing the education of their children.”…