Florida, Arizona and Indiana allow parents the greatest control over their children’s education while Alaska, Nebraska and North Dakota offer the least according to an index of parental empowerment created by the Center for Education Reform.
The Parent Power Index rates states’ empowerment of parents based on three factors: opportunity, innovation and policy environment.
Subcategories of the report include charter schools, choice programs, digital and personalized learning, constitutional issues and statewide leadership.
“Great schools come about when parents have power. Parent Power comes about when states give parents enough information and the discretion to exercise control over their children’s schooling,” the 2022 report states. CER has tracked parental power in education since 1999….