Kerri Choate

Parents already have the right to decide where and how their child is educated, including homeschooling them. They have a voice in their town/city processes and in their districts with both their votes and through the ability to advocate for their child and their needs with school staff, administration, and the school board. There are many regulations and legal processes in place that establish and protect this. Curriculum should be researched and adopted by experts in eduction and children's needs. It should follow new research as well as confirmed successful approaches. Curriculum decisions should not be in the hands of parents, most of whom have no expertise in education. Parents can have influence over the curriculum for their student by using their voice at town meetings, exercising their right to vote, joining hiring and district committees, advocating for their child's needs, and choosing which district they live in or what nonpublic school their child attends.