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 […]
Policy Pillar: Responsive Systems
Monthly Federal Policy Forecasts: What Advocates Need to Know with Lindsay Fryer
Audience: Network EDs or ED Designee Join policy expert Lindsay Fryer (Lodestone DC) for a monthly deep dive into the shifting landscape of federal education policy. These conversations will provide timely insights into how evolving political dynamics in the White House, Congress, and the U.S. Department of Education may impact education policy nationwide. Lindsay will […]
Math Multipliers Series: Preparing to Move on Math in 2026
Audience: Staff at PIE Network member organizations As 2025 rapidly comes to a close, members across the country are building their policy and advocacy agendas for 2026. In this summer’s Annual Member Survey, PIE Network members ranked math in the top ten policies they plan to prioritize in 2026. Join the latest Math Multipliers virtual […]
Under Pressure: The Factors Squeezing K-12 Budgets—and How States and Advocates Can Respond
Audience: Staff at PIE Network member organizations ` Federal cuts, slowing state revenues, and cost pressures threaten funding as schools face the need to accelerate student achievement. As states face tighter budgets and fiscal tradeoffs, policymakers have choices available to meet this moment, and advocates are key to […]
November Research Working Group Bimonthly Meeting
Audience: Researchers and staff at PIE Network member organizations This meeting will focus on state-level accountability systems, as many states have published new report card data over the past few weeks. The group will be joined by Clare Halloran (Education Data Center), who will share about Education Data Center’s work, including the State Assessment Data Repository, the most […]
Monthly Federal Policy Forecasts: What Advocates Need to Know with Lindsay Fryer
Audience: Network EDs or ED Designee Join policy expert Lindsay Fryer (Lodestone DC) for a monthly deep dive into the shifting landscape of federal education policy. These conversations will provide timely insights into how evolving political dynamics in the White House, Congress, and the U.S. Department of Education may impact education policy nationwide. Lindsay will break down […]
Monthly Federal Policy Forecasts: What Advocates Need to Know with Lindsay Fryer
Audience: Network EDs or ED Designee Join policy expert Lindsay Fryer (Lodestone DC) for a monthly deep dive into the shifting landscape of federal education policy. These conversations will provide timely insights into how evolving political dynamics in the White House, Congress, and the U.S. Department of Education may impact education policy nationwide. Lindsay will break down […]
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 […]