http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/rss Guest http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/collaborating-for-bigger-advocacy-returns-1 With all the growth in the advocacy sector, many are curious about the ways member groups are collaborating. It's an appropriate question: mission driven-organizations should maximize their resources. Suzanne Tacheny Kubach 2012-05-17T20:57:48Z http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/courting-teacher-buy-in-for-education-reform Last week, the PIE Network's communicators network digested some great data on teachers' views on a variety of topics including education reform. That conversation reminded us that teachers are much Suzanne Tacheny Kubach 2012-05-03T19:08:42Z http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/the-power-of-nonpartisanship The PIE Network requires nonpartisanship as a condition of membership, and election years remind us why. We're not Pollyannas; we just know how politics works. Rarely can just one party pass and Suzanne Tacheny Kubach 2012-04-18T23:02:54Z http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/colorado-succeeds-at-using-data-as-a-powerful-tool-for-advocacy Colorado Succeeds President Tim Taylor says it was easier for Colorado parents to find information to compare two vacuum cleaners than to compare two schools. But that was before they created Colorado Suzanne Tacheny Kubach 2012-04-06T16:53:08Z http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/in-connecticut-what-a-difference-a-year-makes What a difference an election year makes. It wasn't long ago that ConnCAN was counting the number of blanks on Connecticut's Race to the Top application, lamenting the state's lackluster commitment to Suzanne Tacheny Kubach 2012-03-21T21:28:54Z http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/the-pie-network-welcomes-barbara-burt We are welcoming a new Senior Director of Communications to our team. Barbara Burt comes to the PIE Network with years of experience that could not be more suited for the PIE Network. She’s Suzanne Tacheny Kubach 2012-03-07T04:48:05Z http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/check-out-the-newest-report-from-the-pie-network "Seizing the Opportunity: How Education Advocacy Groups and State Policy Makers Work Together to Advance Reform” provides an inside look at the role education advocacy groups have played in 11 Maureen Trantham 2012-01-26T00:42:48Z http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/pie-network-welcomes-three-leading-education-reformers-to-board-of-directors Our network is pleased to welcome three of the country’s top education reformers to our Board of Directors. The new board members are: Denis Calabrese, president of the Laura and John Arnold Karen Frankola 2011-12-13T14:47:38Z http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/rigor-and-support-are-keys-to-building-teaching-force-in-singapore By Paul Herdman - As I was flying back from Singapore last month, an uneasy feeling came over me. Are we missing the boat in the great American teacher debate? The Singapore trip was for a 39-person guest blogger 2011-11-23T17:29:03Z http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/lessons-for-advocates-from-the-education-trust-national-conference The recent Education Trust National Conference provided a great opportunity to discuss reform with educators who care as deeply about improving schools as any policy advocate, but don’t always applaud Karen Frankola 2011-11-14T13:29:14Z http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/mobilizing-the-facebook-generation-to-reform-education By Catharine Bellinger - When asked to reflect on the core values that define meaningful education reform, advocates often point to one in particular: high expectations. This value resonates with us guest blogger 2011-11-09T17:40:37Z http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/what-does-esea-re-write-mean-for-ed-reform-on-the-state-level By Alex Johnston-- Members of PIE Network are by definition focused on pushing for policy change in state capitals across the country—and with 34 member organizations in 24 states plus D.C., we’ve got guest blogger 2011-10-26T14:04:56Z http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/the-constituency-for-change I've seen the assertion that "Change has no constituency" attributed to everyone from Machiavelli to George Bernard Shaw. Whoever said it, the network again proved him wrong. True, organizing any Suzanne Tacheny Kubach 2011-10-13T18:13:03Z http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/eddies-awards-recognize-leading-ed-reformers The adoption of Common Core State Standards throughout most of the country and a Tennessee law that ties teacher tenure to student performance were recognized by PIE Network members as the leading Karen Frankola 2011-10-07T11:35:22Z http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/fighting-words-is-the-rhetoric-on-reform-helping-or-hurting Marches on state capitols! Recall campaigns! Calls for President Obama to fire Arne Duncan! Actors and comedians coming to the rescue of beleaguered teachers! Barrages of tweets claiming education guest blogger 2011-09-14T17:26:51Z http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/shattering-the-complacency-of-suburbanites Housewives in Germany know what PISA scores are, but Americans have largely ignored international comparisons in education, according to Stanford University researcher Erik Hanushek, one of the Karen Frankola 2011-09-02T14:36:33Z http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/pie-network-welcomes-8-new-members Today, we are excited to welcome eight new members to the PIE Network, increasing our total membership to 34 groups located in 23 states and the District of Columbia. That's home to 66% of U.S. Suzanne Tacheny Kubach 2011-08-24T15:44:08Z http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/a-roadmap-to-improving-rural-education All too often, the discussions on improving education seems to begin and end in Washington, D.C. That's a shame, because here at the PIE Network, we know most of the real progress in making schools Karen Frankola 2011-08-09T20:49:24Z http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/let-s-save-what-really-matters-our-students The education reform movement has made such enormous progress in the past few years that a backlash is inevitable. It’s coming this weekend in the form of Save Our Schools, a campaign endorsed by Suzanne Tacheny Kubach 2011-07-29T16:32:37Z http://www.pie-network.orghttp://www.pie-network.org/blog/-/blogs/the-pie-network-by-the-numbers A few weeks ago, I used this space to talk about the tremendous growth in the education reform advocacy sector over the last five years and the impact it's had on accelerating the pace of reform. Suzanne Tacheny Kubach 2011-07-13T18:10:03Z