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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 18, 2012
Contact: Brenna Hapes
800-521-2118
brenna@edreform.com


Movie Inspires Parent Power
Index
Real Parents Deserve a Hollywood
Ending


Washington, D.C. - Many parents seeing the upcoming movie Won't
Back Down will no doubt leave the theater inspired to take up the
same fight as the dedicated moms in the film. But, they may also
wonder whether they have the power available to them to make the
same kind of change in their children's education, or if such
power is just a Hollywood invention. Now they can find out with
the new Parent Power Index (PPI) from the Center for Education
Reform (CER) which ranks the United States based on how much
power parents have over their children's education.

The PPI is an interactive, web-based tool that - based on an
evaluation of state policies - measures the ability in each state
of a parent to exercise choices, engage with their local school
board, and have a voice in the systems that surround their child.
States that ranked the highest offer a high degree of options to
parents and engage them more directly in school decisions.

"Parents want and deserve power over their child's education and
most states do a poor job of providing it." said CER President
Jeanne Allen. "The Parent Power Index represents the first time
someone has quantified for parents how much power they do or
don't have over their child's education. And just as important,
PPI educates parents on how to use the power they do have as well
as how to get more. It's vital information that's been missing
from their arsenal - until now," Allen continued.

"Parent power in education is not only a matter of public
interest, but it's a matter of public right. It's also the only
thing that is going to fix our educational and economic problems
for good." Allen said.

PPI is the latest effort from CER this fall to educate parents
and the general public about what real education reform is and
how they can help get those reforms enacted. For more
information see The Field Guide to Education Reform: How to Spot
a Real Reformer and Educationfifty.com, a voter's guide to
gubernatorial and state education candidates.


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CER, since 1993, is the leading voice and advocate for lasting,
substantive and structural education reform in the U.S.
Additional information about the Center and its activities can be
found at www.edreform.com.

The Center for Education Reform
(tel) 800-521-2118; 301-986-8088; (fax) 301-986-1826
cer@edreform.com; www.edreform.com

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