By Bethany Blankley rights to direct the upbringing and education of their children. We believe this Louisiana letter is the first of many letters to come, as education leaders around the country acknowledge that parents are in the driver’s seat when it comes to their kids’ education.” The women, both mothers and former school board members, founded the group in response to school district mask mandates and lock down policies, sparking a statewide, and now national, parental rights movement.