Cleveland parents want a real say in their child's education! Too often, they're asked for their opinions without being given any real influence.

A ten-minute conference. A printout of grades. A handshake. Parents know their children, their schools, their neighborhoods in ways no one else can, but nobody hands them the tools that turn that knowledge into power: how a school measures growth, what support looks like when a child falls behind, how a budget decision shows up in your kid's classroom.

Roughly one in two Cleveland children grows up in poverty. Neighborhoods still carry the weight of decades of policy decisions. And there is no independent, citywide parent organization here, no consistent space where parents are the priority, not an afterthought, not an audience for someone else's agenda. That absence is the point.

The Cleveland Parent Congress is that organization.

We help parents understand how Cleveland's schools are governed, funded, and evaluated, and how to use that knowledge to advocate for their children. What to ask at a conference. How to read a test score. How to build a real, two-way relationship with the educators in your child's life.

District, charter, private, parochial, homeschool, doesn't matter.

If you're raising a kid in this city, you've got a seat at the table.