The Eddies—annual, advocate-nominated and voted awards—feature strategic advocacy that is driving impactful policy change. This Eddies category recognizes local, state, or national advocacy campaigns that tackled a big problem and achieved a new, game-changing policy. Sometimes a policy window opens quickly, and advocates move fast; sometimes, the window opens after years of sustained advocacy efforts. Either way, nominees in […]
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The pandemic has made it more challenging than ever for students to get on, and stay on, a high-quality college or career pathway. Recent data have shown that fewer students have made the transition to postsecondary education than before the pandemic, that persistence in college has declined, and that low-income students and students of color are being disproportionately impacted. […]
This continues the Walton Family Foundation-sponsored series, designed in partnership with PIE Network and Bellwether Education Partners. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored that students and families have complex educational needs that require a range of solutions and learning environments—there is no one-size-fits-all and students benefit when families are empowered to make the best decisions for […]
In this discussion, Dan Vallone (More in Common USA) will share insights from a new national post-election survey on communicating with people across ideological lines, “moving forward,” and understanding Americans’ trust in and relationship toward key institutions and communities. Amanda Aragon (NewMexicoKidsCAN),Tequilla Brownie (TNTP), and Luke Ragland (Ready Colorado) are among a group of Network leaders who helped shape the survey’s education-related […]
