Grassroots parent activism, driven by outrage at school closures, critical race theory, and transgender ideology, has seen widespread growth nationwide almost two years after the movement first found its legs.
, Parents Defending Education counts well over 200 independent local parent activism groups, some with thousands of members, in school districts across the country and in all 50 states. The organization also regularly adds new groups to its site as more groups, often motivated by the publicity surrounding existing groups, are formed.
That common goal is what led Ben Orr, a parent from Fishers, Indiana, to join Fishers One, a local parent activist group that has organized several thousand parents from Hamilton Southeastern School District. "It was known throughout the state as the best public school system, the best academics, the greatest facilities. If you drive by the school, and it's beautiful, it looks like a college campus. They have great athletic teams," Orr said."And since then, it's just been this kind of slow decline. Academically, you know, even culturally, there's been more discipline issues.
But the independent groups tracked by Parents Defending Education, like Fishers One, do not encapsulate the full extent of the explosion of local parent activism. The Moms for Liberty co-founder said parents have forced school districts to produce district records or classroom materials through Freedom of Information Act requests, drawn media attention through viral school board speeches, provided a support group for local parents, and even inspired new school board candidates.
For Justice, the rise of parent groups could in part be traced back to parent perceptions that their local parent teacher association was failing to represent the interests of parents and had instead proven subservient to the whims of teachers unions.
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