Well Connected Parents Take On School Boards
Well-Connected Parents Take On School Boards
Web-Savvy Activists Push For Educational Change
Web-Savvy Activists Push For Educational Change
By Michael Alison Chandler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 30, 2009; A01
For a new generation of well-wired activists in the Washington region, it's not enough to speak at Parent-Teacher Association or late-night school board meetings. They are going head-to-head with superintendents through e-mail blitzes, social networking Web sites, online petitions, partnerships with business and student groups, and research that mines a mountain of electronic data on school performance.
These parent insurgents are gaining influence -- and getting things changed.
