Policy of any kind is shaped by those most affected. In education, the hardworking families who entrust the school system with the development of their children are the only ones who understand what meets their child’s needs. For meaningful progress in academia, lawmakers must realign with parental demands and enact school choice reform. 

“Parents’ voices are among the most reliable indicators of what’s actually happening in classrooms. As Vladimir Kogan argues in No Adult Left Behind, parents’ assessments of school quality track far more closely with student learning outcomes than do those of administrators or even voters,” Washington, D.C., based education policy analyst Aidan Grogan told the Washington Examiner.