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 […]

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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 […]

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2022 Eddies Awards: Best Implementation

The Eddies—annual, advocate-nominated and voted awards—feature outstanding policy and advocacy wins from the past year. This Eddies category highlights the necessary implementation work to ensure that breakthrough policies or laws lead to sustained impact for students. Advocates know that passing policy is only the beginning of the work to change outcomes and opportunities for students. This is […]

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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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Survey Says: July 2022

PIE Network brings you the latest surveys and public opinion polls that capture the perspectives of students, parents, teachers, principals, and system leaders. EdChoice released a report of a national poll of teachers fielded in June. Their poll revealed: Teachers reported spending just over $500 of their own money in the past school year on classroom […]

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Survey Says: June 2022

PIE Network brings you the latest surveys and public opinion polls that capture the perspectives of students, parents, teachers, principals, and system leaders. Learning Heroes released their June 2022 survey results “Hidden in Plain Sight: A Way Forward for Equity-Centered Family Engagement.” Their work finds: Grade inflation, inconsistent parent-teacher communication, and a lack of parental […]

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PIE Network Members And Partners Celebrate Tennesee’s Investments In Students 

Tennessee policymakers and advocates are celebrating historic legislation, as Governor Lee signed the Tennessee Investment for Student Achievement (TISA) into law. The new law replaces the state’s Basic Education Program, which was passed in 1992. Below are links and excerpts from PIE Network members and partners on the passage of the new law as well […]

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Director

Job Title   Director Organization   Legislative Education Study Committee Location   Santa Fe, NM Link to Job Description   https://nmlegis.gov/Entity/LESC/Documents/Employment/LESC%20Director%20Job%20Posting%20March%2022,%202022.pdf Application Deadline   03/22/2022 Application Contact Name   Vanessa Hawker Application Contact Email   [email protected]   By opting in, I agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. 73.127.253.63 […]

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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 […]

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Recovery to Reinvention: Series Resources

Thank you for taking time to join advocacy leaders for the From Education Recovery to Reinvention series, sponsored by the Walton Family Foundation and in partnership with PIE Network and Bellwether Education Partners. Below are a series of resources from these discussions. Questions about the series or resources? Reach out. Policy & Strategy Briefs Created by Bellwether Education Partners, in partnership with the […]

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