When Parents Make Education Decisions Education of America s children is a national priority. Without a sound education, our children will be unable to succeed and carry the United States into the new millennium. The federal government does have a vested interest in ensuring that all children are given a quality education. However, parents play the primary role in the education of their kids.
Parents know the strengths and weaknesses of their children better than any Washington bureaucrat.
They must have the ability to send their children to schools that will let them excel in their unique gifts while working to improve in areas that challenge them. Parents who are involved in their child s education increase their chances of success later in life. However, the public schools have deteriorated so badly, that it is nearly impossible for most parents to make up the difference. The problems that plague the public school system have worsened as the federal government s involvement has grown. Today, approximately one-third of our children cannot read at appropriate grade levels.