Nevada Education Notes added to Clark County School Watch

Karen Gray, an education research with the Nevada Policy Research Institute, writes in to tell us about a new newsgroup titled the Parents Sounding Board. It's found at the Nevada Education Notes blog.

It's been added to our lengthy group of blogs here at CCSW and the Vegas Valley View.

Here's what Gray says about the newsgroup:

For more than 19 years, I was a parent in the CCSD. I had my ups and downs with teachers, administrators, even board trustees. I volunteered in my children’s classrooms, sat on the learning improvement teams and parent advisory committees for their schools. I even participated in school board trustee committees and policy groups. I know I would have welcomed a sounding board like the one started at Nevada Education Notes.

As a parent of children with special needs, I know the pains and hardships of the IEP process. Later, I became a special education advocate assisting other parents through the process. I eventually went on to obtain a paralegal degree to assist attorneys in special education litigation. I know how helpful hearing about others experiences can be.

As I expand my research at NPRI, I want to address the topics that parents and teachers find informative and interesting. And, the Parents’ Sounding Board will provide that insight and give parents and teachers a place to be heard. 

Good luck on this.

E.C. :)