In many cases parents have a lot more that a M.Ed. degree from a school that ranks #317 (out of 443) in the 2022-2023 US News & World Report edition of Best National Universities.
In any case, it's the parents whose taxes pay the teacher's salary, and who are ultimately responsible for what their children are taught!!!
I was in construction management. Had another company’s owner involved in a large civic meeting on a large industry dispute listen to my summary of issues and complimenting me in an aside he said, “I didn’t know that you are an attorney, you have outdone my in-house counsel. I had alway thought you were an engineer.” I turned to him and said, “Bill, I am a college dropout due to the Vietnam era, in our company, the attorneys and the engineers work for me. We don’t let them make business decisions”