Holding on to Parent Voices.

The article discusses parental involvement in education in the U.S. and examines how education policies proposed by U.S. President Barack Obama's administration in their paper "Blueprint for Reform" may alter family engagement in schools. It explores how funding for Parental Information and Resource Centers (PIRCs), which are federally mandated parental information support groups, may be altered and examines the importance of parental involvement in the reform of failing schools.