多选题 Public education suffers from what can be diagnosed as the sickness of an overgoverned society. This sickness denies many parents control over the kind of education their children receive. The power once held by parents has gravitated to professional educators. The sickness has been aggravated by increasing centralization and bureaucratization of schools.
Which of the following, if true, would weaken the claim that there is continuing erosion of parents' control over their children's education?

• A. As a result of community pressure, growing numbers of school administrators follow recommendations made by parents.
• B. The number of professional educators has risen sharply over the last decade even though the number of students has declined.
• C. Parents' organizations that lobby for changes in school curriculums are generally ineffectual.
• D. More members of school boards are appointed by school administrators than are elected by the public.
• E. The use of state-wide curriculum programs increased in the United States during the past two decades.