Dear President Obama…Sincerely, Parents Across America is a follow-up letter that was sent a few months ago (“Put the Parent Voice back in Public Education!”). A group of organized parents offer a critique of the President’s education policies.

I’ll repeat what I said then:

I like what the letter says. However, during my twenty-year community organizing career, we always looked at letters and surveys as good for only being an excuse to talk with people face-to-face. I’m a bit skeptical that letters like this can really have an positive effect and, at times, can have the exact opposite results of having people feel like they’re doing something of substance when it’s unlikely to have any results.

I’m certainly open to being proven wrong.