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The Parent-School Board Feuds

Essential Steps by Parents to Improve Schools

Gerard Giordano

During the COVID-19 pandemic, parents were able to observe their children in online classes. They were surprised by classroom discussions and assignments related to gender, race, ethnicity, and religion along with the policies that were guiding curricula, tests, technology, athletics, discipline, safety, transportation, funding, and numerous other aspects of schools. Parents began giving their advice to their school boards, but when they were ignored, they disrupted meetings, wrote editorials, created blogs, staged rallies, and lobbied state officials. They were hoping to attract media attention and acquire political power and were stunned by their success. TheParent-School Board Feuds: Essential Steps by Parents to Improve Schools recounts parent-school board feuding about controversial classroom topics such as gender and race, their disagreements about school policies, including those affecting tests, technology, athletics, and discipline, and the impact that parents had during the pandemic and continue to have today.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 204 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-1-4758-7402-0 • Hardback • November 2024 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
978-1-4758-7403-7 • Paperback • November 2024 • $40.00 • (£30.00)
978-1-4758-7404-4 • eBook • October 2024 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
Subjects: Education / Parent Participation, Education / Current Issues, Education / Decision-Making & Problem Solving, Education / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Education / Gender and Sexuality, Education / Leadership / Parent

Gerard Giordano has been a professor at several universities, including New Mexico State University, Utah State University, and the University of North Florida. He has published more than two dozen books about education.

Preface: Who Started the Feuds?

Acknowledgement

Chapter 1: The School Library Feuds

Chapter 2: The School Masking Feuds

Chapter 3: The Parenting Feuds

Chapter 4: The Teachers Union Feuds

Chapter 5: The Testing Feuds

Chapter 6: The Web Filter Feuds

Chapter 7: The School AI Feuds

Chapter 8: The School Bus Feuds

Chapter 9: The Student Safety Feuds

Chapter 10: The School Funding Feuds

Chapter 11: The School Athletics Feuds

Chapter 12: The Social and Emotional Learning Feuds

References

About the Author

The Parent-School Board Feuds

Essential Steps by Parents to Improve Schools

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Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • During the COVID-19 pandemic, parents were able to observe their children in online classes. They were surprised by classroom discussions and assignments related to gender, race, ethnicity, and religion along with the policies that were guiding curricula, tests, technology, athletics, discipline, safety, transportation, funding, and numerous other aspects of schools. Parents began giving their advice to their school boards, but when they were ignored, they disrupted meetings, wrote editorials, created blogs, staged rallies, and lobbied state officials. They were hoping to attract media attention and acquire political power and were stunned by their success. TheParent-School Board Feuds: Essential Steps by Parents to Improve Schools recounts parent-school board feuding about controversial classroom topics such as gender and race, their disagreements about school policies, including those affecting tests, technology, athletics, and discipline, and the impact that parents had during the pandemic and continue to have today.

Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
    Pages: 204 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
    978-1-4758-7402-0 • Hardback • November 2024 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
    978-1-4758-7403-7 • Paperback • November 2024 • $40.00 • (£30.00)
    978-1-4758-7404-4 • eBook • October 2024 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
    Subjects: Education / Parent Participation, Education / Current Issues, Education / Decision-Making & Problem Solving, Education / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Education / Gender and Sexuality, Education / Leadership / Parent
Author
Author
  • Gerard Giordano has been a professor at several universities, including New Mexico State University, Utah State University, and the University of North Florida. He has published more than two dozen books about education.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Preface: Who Started the Feuds?

    Acknowledgement

    Chapter 1: The School Library Feuds

    Chapter 2: The School Masking Feuds

    Chapter 3: The Parenting Feuds

    Chapter 4: The Teachers Union Feuds

    Chapter 5: The Testing Feuds

    Chapter 6: The Web Filter Feuds

    Chapter 7: The School AI Feuds

    Chapter 8: The School Bus Feuds

    Chapter 9: The Student Safety Feuds

    Chapter 10: The School Funding Feuds

    Chapter 11: The School Athletics Feuds

    Chapter 12: The Social and Emotional Learning Feuds

    References

    About the Author

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