Parents for Public Schools members are involved in public school advocacy and reform by influencing the factors that affect student achievement and improve schools. PPS believes parents are owners of their public schools and supports members in developing and using these traits of meaningful parent involvement:

Equal Partners. PPS reworks relationships between families, communities and schools so that parents are equal and actively engaged partners, not passive, external constituents of their public school systems.

Solution-Oriented Problem Solvers. PPS moves parents beyond a reactive, help-only-when-asked mode to identify problems and bring their talents and ideas to the policy table, not just the homework table.

Effective Decision-Makers. PPS provides the resources and ideas that help parents work with educators to define and analyze issues and find solutions.

Standard Raisers. PPS challenges mediocrity at every level in public schools by setting high standards and helping students and educators meet these standards.