Best of Dropout Nation: Gwen Samuel on the Importance of Good Education Choices | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle

Best of Dropout Nation: Gwen Samuel on the Importance of Good Education Choices | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle: "In this Best of Dropout Nation from last April, Connecticut Parents Union* President Gwen Samuel argues that parents have to do more than simply trust schools with their children. Read, consider, and take action.
Parents, guardians and taxpayers, why do we allow other people to make all the decisions on behalf of our children in school? Even though we know some of those decisions are fiscally irresponsible or they put our children at risk
Would you take your child to a doctor that you know has a history of malpractice or treating their patients bad? You wouldn’t. Would you knowingly make your children drink spoiled milk, or eat rotten food? You wouldn’t! Yet, we send our children to some schools that we know are dangerous, staffed poorly, extremely low-performing, unwelcoming to families, lacking fiscal and staffing accountability. We send our kids to schools where people are paid regardless of whether the children learn."