Survey Says: May 2023
PIE Network brings you the latest surveys and public opinion polls that capture the perspectives of students, parents, teachers, principals, and system leaders. Week of May 25 Week of May 18 Week of May 11 […]
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Survey Says: April 2023
PIE Network brings you the latest surveys and public opinion polls that capture the perspectives of students, parents, teachers, principals, and system leaders. Week of April 27 Week of April 20 Week of April 13 Week of April 6 […]
2022 Eddies Awards: Best Defense
The Eddies—annual, advocate-nominated and voted awards—feature outstanding policy and advocacy wins from the past year. This Eddies category highlights campaigns that strategically defended important policy and overcame significant odds; sometimes, the most significant wins are actually holding the line. Nominees in this category provide models for how to deploy sharp strategies to defend policies or efforts that benefit students. See […]
2022 Eddies Awards: Game Changer Campaign of the Year
The Eddies—annual, advocate-nominated and voted awards—feature outstanding policy and advocacy wins from the past year. This Eddies category recognizes local, state, or national advocacy campaigns that tackled a big problem and achieved a new, game-changing policy or protected an existing critical policy. Sometimes a policy window opens quickly, and advocates move fast; sometimes, the window opens after years of sustained […]
2022 Eddies Awards: Most Actionable Research
The Eddies—annual, advocate-nominated and voted awards—feature outstanding policy and advocacy wins from the past year. This Eddies category spotlights resources or tools that shed new light on pressing and widespread problems or solutions and that state and local advocates across the Network leveraged to make a compelling case for policy change and achieve breakthroughs. See a complete list of […]
Give Black Teachers Access & You Give Them Opportunity
This post originally appeared on the PIE Network site on August 18, 2017. By Dr. Lillian Lowery I started my career as a middle school English teacher in my hometown, Gastonia, N.C. My principal was Frances Jane Spencer, the daughter of a White mill worker who often shared a compelling story of overcoming class barriers and […]
Celebrating Black Creativity
Black Leaders Driving Change Share What They’re Reading, Watching, and Listening to This #BlackHistoryMonth we are celebrating Black Creativity. We asked some of the many Black leaders across the Network driving change through policy and advocacy what they’re reading, watching, and listening to. Their reflections feature authors, musicians, actors, leaders, and more. Please check back as we […]