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Defeating the Digital Divide
Organization: Kids First Chicago
2022 Eddies Awards: Best Collaboration
The Eddies—annual, advocate-nominated and voted awards—feature outstanding policy and advocacy wins from the past year. This Eddies category features coalitions of leaders and organizations who worked together to achieve a significant impact for students and families. Working in coalition can be incredibly powerful—and incredibly challenging. This category honors the hard work of coalitions that organized artfully to respond to […]
2022 Eddies Awards: Power to the People Campaign
The Eddies—annual, advocate-nominated and voted awards—feature outstanding policy and advocacy wins from the past year. This Eddies category features grassroots policy and advocacy campaigns at the local level that responded to community needs, grew from community power, and transformed opportunities for students and families in their community. See a complete list of 2022 nominees in all Eddies! categories. Staff at PIE […]
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 […]
Enrollment Declines and Financial Implications
During the pandemic, America’s school districts have seen historic declines in enrollment. New data show that students and families continue to leave large and mid-sized urban districts in record numbers. What do we know about the real root causes of this trend? And what should be done about it? In this discussion, Daniel Anello (Kids […]
CHICAGO’S ENROLLMENT CRISIS
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Counting Down to a New Year of PIE Network Membership
PIE Network is designed by and for education advocates. Members of the PIE Network are united by a belief that education can—and should—be transformative. Change is needed now so that every student in every community has access to an equitable and excellent education, and policy is a critical lever for systems change, establishing expectations, and […]
Kids First Chicago
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Survey Says: April 2021
PIE Network and the Center on Reinventing Public Education’s Evidence Project collaborated to bring you the latest surveys and public opinion polls that capture the perspectives of students, parents, teachers, principals, and system leaders on the COVID-19 crisis. Our survey portal tracks the latest polls, highlights important insights, and allows users to search for information […]
Introducing 6 New Network Members
Please join us in welcoming six state and local advocacy organizations to the Network! While these leaders and organizations are new to PIE Network, they bring years of advocacy experience and insight. D.C. Charter School Alliance: Shannon Hodge ForwARd Arkansas: Ben Kutylo Kids First Chicago: Daniel Anello Massachusetts Charter Public School Association: Tim Nicolette redefinED Atlanta: Ed […]