Jennifer Horgan: Instead of teacher bashing, why don't parents fight for real change?

Every year the same conversations are trotted out for ‘back to school’ season. Should uniforms be changed? Do we need them at all? Should schools allow mobile phones? Should we have homework?

We’re accustomed to abuses of power in Ireland, but when it comes to education, misuses of power are far more common — particularly among parents.

As the school year looms I’d like to suggest that in one way, Irish parents overestimate their power; in another, they underestimate it.