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The Importance of Parental Involvement in Public Education

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The Importance of Parental Involvement in Public Education
In this file photo, a girl walks to her school bus stop at sunrise with another person near Stockton, Calif. David McNew/Getty Images
Lance Christensen
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I can still remember seeing my mom organizing books in my elementary school library when I was in second grade. A few days a week, she would come in as a volunteer and shelve the hundreds of books kids checked out. She looked like she was having the time of her life.

Lance Christensen
Lance Christensen
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Lance Christensen is the president of California Policy Partners, a business membership association dedicated to improving economic and educational opportunities for Californians. He has two decades of public policy and political experience working in and out of the state legislature, the Department of Finance, educational nonprofits and as a candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2022.
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