Praise

What education experts are saying about Parent Power:

Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers

“Children are the real winners when their parents and teachers work together to improve their schools. Parent Power is a terrific story of courage, persistence, and collaboration among parents, community groups, and the teachers union that produced significant school reform for thousands of New York City’s children.”

Charles M. Payne, University of Chicago

“Parent Power is about parent ingenuity, persistence, and capacity to outlast a bureaucracy that tried to quash parents' organizing energy. New York City's school reform is frequently touted as the result of top-down mandates, but Parent Power shows how thousands of parents mobilized to generate important policy and practice changes. These parents set out to make schools better not only for their children, but for all the city's children, and they succeeded.”

Pedro Noguera, New York University

“Research demonstrates that schools improve when parents and communities are engaged and apply constructive pressure for change. Parent Power shows how New York City parents generated significant schooling change across 15 years of organizing efforts. At a time when so many policy-makers focus narrowly on technical solutions to the challenges facing urban schools, Parent Power shows that a more inclusive and dynamic approach can bring improvement.”