"The reasons we advocate don't matter. What does matter is that we recognize the need to put the well-being of our children on the top of our priority list. In doing so, we will strive to create a society where we are all number one in child well-being and can all be proud of our accomplishments."

Kristen Norman-Major, "Putting Children in Their Place,"
Hamline Magazine, Summer 2004

"For the 10th consecutive year, the public thinks lack of funding
is the biggest problem facing the schools."
September 2009
41st Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll
of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools

The Value of Parents as Advocates - Parents United for Public Schools' presentation at the January 2006 AMSD Workshop: Building Advocacy...Ideas & Strategies that Work.

February 2010 - Evidence-Informed Policymaking: Increasing Outcomes and Accountability for Children, Youth and Families - Provides a framework for looking at policymaking through an ecological and family impact lens (Family Impact Checklist), University of Minnesota Children, Youth & Family Consortium Family Impact Policy Initiative.

"Democracy doesn't work without citizen activism and participation, starting at the community."

—Bill Moyers