Regina Teachers' Convention speaker frames parental rights as 'ploy' to undermine public education
A professor delivering a speech to Regina teachers told the crowd the “rhetoric of parental rights” is being “weaponized to erode children’s rights, weaken human rights, deprofessionalize teachers, and undermine public confidence in education.”
At the Regina Teachers’ Convention Friday, education professor Shannon D.M. Moore gave a talk titled “Parental Rights: A Ploy to Privatize Public Education.”
In the text of the online explainer accompanying her talk to Regina public school teachers, Moore claims that the “rhetoric of parental rights” is being “weaponized to erode children’s rights, weaken human rights, deprofessionalize teachers, and undermine public confidence in education.”
She argues the concept of parental rights “carries a veneer of legitimacy that masks its lack of legal foundation.”
Moore insists that public schools must “directly challenge the legitimacy” of parental demands and instead “unapologetically promote and protect human rights.” According to Moore, it’s “neither feasible nor desirable to tailor education to the private values of every parent.”
Moore advances the argument that parental involvement, particularly in matters like curriculum transparency or graphic book removal, threatens what she calls “shared, democratic values” in education.
In Regina Public Schools, apparently, the enemy of public education is the public.
Sheila Gunn Reid
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Sheila Gunn Reid is the Alberta Bureau Chief for Rebel News and host of the weekly The Gunn Show with Sheila Gunn Reid. She's a mother of three, conservative activist, and the author of best-selling books including Stop Notley.
COMMENTS
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Bernhard Jatzeck commented 2025-10-11 00:13:52 -0400I’m old enough to remember PTA meetings and how they were regarded as important in public education. -
Bruce Atchison commented 2025-10-10 20:57:17 -0400Governmental schools are a ploy to undermine parental rights. More and more, government is taking rights away from the people. Their useful idiots love that but it’ll bite them in the butt someday. Then it WILL be too late.
