How To Be Your Child's Best Advocate: An Introduction

And so I pose the question again as to why these types of stories continue from year to year and what can we do about it?

I wish to pursue this matter in a series of posts dedicated to giving you information as to how you can be your child's advocate when dealing with the public educational system.  I will address such issues as to how to talk to teachers and principals as well as how to know what your child's rights are and how to enforce these rights. 

Outrage over a system in need of repair is just the beginning. For any true change to take place, outrage alone will not do it.  Action is necessary as well.  It may seem that in some situations parents are powerless.  Yet this is far from the truth.  Parents have a tremendous amount of power to enact change.  I hope that my series will give you both the courage and the information you need to do so. 

Remember that you are always your child's best advocate.