Monday, April 13, 2-3 p.m. ET Audience: Staff at PIE Network member organizations Open enrollment is one of the most widely used forms of school choice, with over 1.6 million students participating, and programs can vary significantly by state. Join this session to learn more about the growth of open enrollment programs, how data transparency […]
Policy Pillar: Innovative Options
Research Working Group: April Meeting
Tuesday, April 7, 12-1 p.m. ET Audience: PIE Network Researchers Join the Research Working Group’s semi-monthly meeting, a gathering for Network members in research roles. In the 2025 Annual Member Survey, nearly one in five Network organizations reported that college and career pathways and CTE policy and advocacy were top priorities for their 2026 work. […]
The Rapid Evolution of AI: The Latest on AI Policy and Supports for Network Members
Audience: Staff at PIE Network member organizationsAs AI’s capabilities rapidly accelerate and proliferate, states and districts are seeking ways to harness the promise of these technologies while also regulating to mitigate their perils. Advocates have an essential role to play in shaping policy and practice. PIE Network and Bellwether have teamed up with a national […]
Pathways Matter: Statewide Education-to-Workforce Policies
Audience: Staff at PIE Network member organizationsStudents’ futures depend on clear, high-quality pathways that connect K–12 learning to postsecondary success and meaningful careers—yet too often those pathways are confusing or disconnected from real opportunity. In this session, Adriana Harrington (ExcelinEd) will introduce Pathways Matter, a practical framework and toolset for strengthening career and college pathways statewide. Ben Kutylo (Forward Arkansas), Shannon […]
Looking Back to Move Forward: Lessons and Practical Recommendations from a Decade of Research
After ten years of research, Learning Heroes has compiled a report highlighting top insights and their implications for the future of education. Bibb Hubbard and David Park (Learning Heroes) will be joined by Colleston Morgan (City Forward Collective), Sonya Thomas (Nashville Propel), and Maya Martin Cadogan (DC PAVE) to discuss Learning Heroes’ findings and how each of them have contributed to and utilized that work […]
Messaging That Works: Math & Literacy in Action
Audience: Staff at PIE Network member organizations Improving student outcomes in literacy and math are two of advocates’ top policy and implementation priorities in 2026. To support this work,, members of the PIE Network Literacy Community of Practice and Math Multipliers created the new Literacy Message Guide and Math Message Guide. These guides share communication […]
2026 PIE Network Executives’ Meeting
Join Network leaders at the 2026 Executives’ Meeting, the only in-person meeting that we host just for PIE Network Executive Directors each year. This meeting is a time to connect, reflect, and strategize with peers from across the Network. This experience includes networking time, special guest speakers, and conversations focused on surfacing opportunities and challenges unfolding in […]
New Polling: Primary Voters’ Opinions on Key Education Issues
In late summer 2025, PIE Network worked with bipartisan pollsters, Up One Insights and Impact Research, to survey voters about their opinions on key education issues. Given the growing evidence that general elections are less competitive, this survey oversampled primary voters to gain a clearer understanding of voters’ views. The findings illuminate broad cross-partisan support […]
2025 Eddies Awards: Game Changer Campaign of the Year
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 […]
2025 Eddies Awards: Peter Tang Most Actionable Tools & Research
The Eddies—annual, advocate-nominated and voted awards—feature strategic advocacy that is driving impactful policy change. 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 2025 […]