Are education groups really listening to their members?

“It is a recurring narrative about how the leadership in so many education organizations is more responsive to those in power than to those whom they represent.”

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/11/12/are-education-groups-really-listening-to-their-members/

Case in point in Montgomery County: MCCPTA Presidents sign Confidentiality Agreements in order to participate in back room MCPS budget meetings. MCCPTA Presidents never report to their dues paying members on what they do in those back room meetings.