Staff Reports
When Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow pressed Education Secretary Linda McMahon about what parents can do, her answer was unapologetically simple: get off the sidelines and take back the schools. Too many Americans have watched ideologues take over classrooms while bureaucrats in Washington cheer them on, and McMahon rightly told parents to show up and make their voices heard.
McMahon didn’t offer vague platitudes; she laid out concrete steps—attend school board meetings, schedule one-on-one meetings with your children’s teachers, and, if you can, run for a school board seat yourself. This is practical, boots-on-the-ground patriotism: local engagement, eyes on the curriculum, and ordinary citizens willing to hold the line for their kids.
Her message fits a broader conservative strategy to return power to families and states, not Washington bureaucrats who think they know what’s best for every child. McMahon has repeatedly said the solution is to fund education freedom, empower parents, and rebuild authority at the state and local level—because the farther decisions move from the kitchen table, the worse our schools get.
Parents should also take seriously the legal tools that protect their rights; McMahon has warned school districts about violating parental access to records and the misuse of privacy claims to hide radical curricula. The left’s effort to silence parents and normalize questionable ideologies in classrooms is not neutral education policy — it is a political project that must be exposed and opposed.
If you want change, the solution is not waiting for some distant politician to fix things for you. Run for school board, vote for candidates who believe in honesty and decency in education, and demand transparency on budgets and curricula; as McMahon argues, getting government out of the way and putting parents first will let schools serve kids again.
This is a moment for hardworking Americans to stand up and defend their children’s future, not cede it to ideologues or empty bureaucracies. Join local parent groups, speak at meetings, and refuse to be silenced — our culture and our country depend on parents who are willing to fight for what’s right.
