Parent Power! Index

The PARENT POWER INDEX gives parents an interactive tool to discover whether their state affords them power – and if not, what they can do to get it.

Click on a state in the map below to find out whether you have real power — and what you can do to improve education in the US!

National Overview

Click on a state to view full profile. Hover over a state to view quick facts.

Overall Score
School Choice
Charter Schools
Personalized Learning
Teacher Quality

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Grading Key

U.S. Averages

U.S. Rank -- | Overall PPI Score: ▼ select State

Alaska
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Iowa
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
Nevada
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Wyoming

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Top 10 States

1. Florida 86%
2. Indiana 84%
3. Arizona 83%
4. Minnesota 78%
5. Wisconsin 74%
6. District of Columbia 74%
7. North Carolina 73%
8. Georgia 71%
9. Nevada 71%
10. Utah 71%

Charter Schools

The degree to which states offer or provide for a significant number of charter opportunities to families is another important piece of Parent Power.
School Choice

Programs which provide parents the opportunity to enroll their children in private schools with scholarships, vouchers and similar programs are evaluated on their potential to reach all children across a state.
Personalized Learning

Personalized learning describes an approach to education that puts the individual at the center of the learning experience. It is relevant to learners’ diverse contexts and experiences and, when executed well, can have lasting impacts on educational outcomes and the attitudes that students form toward lifelong learning. States that empower schools and teachers to personalize learning empower parents. Policies that encourage personalization foster innovative schools that meet diverse needs. To earn points for personalized learning on the Parent Power Index, states have to promote personalized learning with laws and regulations, offer incentives for districts to experiment with different approaches to personalized learning, and put diverse learners and their needs at the center of their plans to execute the Every Student Succeeds (ESSA) Act.
Teacher Quality

Teacher quality comes with strong, data-driven, performance-based accountability systems that ensure teachers are rewarded, retained and advanced based on how they perform in adding value to the students who they teach, measured predominantly by student achievement, along with skills and responsibilities.
Transparency

States are judged based on the transparency and accessibility of data for the average person.