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 […]

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2022 PIE Network Executives’ Meeting

Feb. 23-25 in Palm Springs, CA Designed Exclusively for Network Leads The Executives’ Meeting is the only in-person meeting all year that is just for PIE Network executive directors.  It is a time to connect, reflect, and strategize with peers from across the US for the work ahead.  The event will include special guest speakers […]

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2019 Eddies!

One of our greatest strengths as a Network is working together to spread impact and know-how. In that spirit, the Eddies!—advocate-nominated awards—provide an annual opportunity to feature excellent policymaking and advocacy campaigns from the past year, telling the story of how education policy was advanced one state at a time. Great advocates know that they don’t […]

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2018 Eddies!

Each year, education champions across the country help advance policy and advocacy efforts that move the needle for students.  No matter the specific policy area, education advocacy is tough work. And while advocates might not take credit for game-changing policy decisions, they often play an important role that’s worth highlighting. The Eddies!—advocate-nominated awards—provide an annual opportunity […]

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2021 Eddies!

One of our greatest strengths as a Network is working together to spread impact and know-how.  In that spirit, the Eddies!—advocate-nominated and voted awards—provide an annual opportunity to feature outstanding policy and advocacy wins from the past year, telling the story of how advocates improved policy and advanced opportunity, equity, and excellence for students, one […]

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The Eddies

One of our greatest strengths as a Network is working together to spread impact and know-how. In that spirit, the Eddies—advocate-nominated and voted awards—provide an annual opportunity to feature outstanding policy and advocacy wins from the past year, telling the story of how education policy was advanced one community and campaign at a time. Eddies […]

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2021 Best Defense Eddies! Nominees & Winner

Eddies!—annual, advocate-nominated and voted awards—feature outstanding policy and advocacy wins from the past year. Nominations tell the story of how advocates improved policy and advanced opportunity, equity, and excellence for students, one community and campaign at a time. This Eddies! category highlights campaigns that strategically defended important policy; sometimes, the most significant wins are actually holding […]

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2021 Best Collaboration Eddies! Nominees & Winner

The Eddies!—annual, advocate-nominated and voted awards—feature outstanding policy and advocacy wins from the past year. Nominations tell the story of how advocates improved policy and advanced opportunity, equity, and excellence for students, one community and campaign at a time. This Eddies! category features coalitions of leaders and organizations who worked together to achieve a significant impact […]

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2021 Power to the People Eddies! Nominees & Winner

The Eddies!—annual, advocate-nominated and voted awards—feature outstanding policy and advocacy wins from the past year. Nominations tell the story of how advocates improved policy and advanced opportunity, equity, and excellence for students, one community and campaign at a time. This Eddies! category features grassroots policy and advocacy campaigns at the local level that responded to […]

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Anti-Critical Race Theory Policy & Implications

School boards, superintendents, principals, and teachers are facing questions about “critical race theory,” or “CRT.” While fierce disagreements rage over its precise definition and whether or not it is being taught in k-12 schools, state legislatures are taking action and local school board candidates are addressing the issue. A recent Brookings Institute analysis found that more than […]

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