Parents have every right to know what their kids are being taught
Written By: Michael Barba
When a Utah teachers’ union stared down parents who simply wanted to know what their kids were being taught, it was a state lawmaker who blinked. Recently, Utah Rep. Jordan Teuscher introduced a house bill to require curriculum transparency in public schools. The Utah Education Association responded with an online petition, and even the ACLU weighed in against government transparency. A few days later, Teuscher had pulled down his own bill, asking for more time.
There’s a lesson here for Texas lawmakers. Any efforts to enact school transparency in the Lone Star State in the next legislative session will be met with equal fury. But when union reps testify that schools shouldn’t have to reveal to parents what is being taught, it’s the lawmaker’s job to ask why not.