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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#BackOff: An Update on the Campaign to Protect Charter Schools
The U.S. Department of Education’s potentially damaging proposed updates to the Charter Schools Programs (CSP) grants spurred advocates across the country into action. Join us for a discussion with Debbie Veney (National Alliance for Public Charter Schools) on how the Alliance and its partners are pushing back on the proposed rules by developing a social […]
Survey Says: May 2022
PIE Network brings you the latest surveys and public opinion polls that capture the perspectives of students, parents, teachers, principals, and system leaders. Axios compiled data on declining enrollment trends: Districts with the most remote learning lost 4% of their students. New York saw the most significant decline of any state, with a nearly 6% […]
Enrollment Declines and Financial Implications
During the pandemic, America’s school districts have seen historic declines in enrollment. New data show that students and families continue to leave large and mid-sized urban districts in record numbers. What do we know about the real root causes of this trend? And what should be done about it? In this discussion, Daniel Anello (Kids […]
E4E Voices From the Classroom: A Teacher Town Hall
Attracting, supporting, and retaining great teachers is top-of-mind as we move into the spring of a third pandemic-interrupted school year. While some warn that unprecedented numbers of teachers are likely to leave the classroom this summer, others feel that these fears have been overblown. In this session, we hear from the educators themselves. Educators for […]
Tracking New Federal Spending: How Advocates are Monitoring ESSER Funds
Last Updated March 16, 2023 PIE Network members and partners are shining a light on the spending and impact of approximately $190 billion in new federal funding for K-12 education. Advocates are building trackers and other tools to ensure that money—distributed as part of ESSER, which you can learn more about in this brief—goes where […]
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Working Group: ESSER Tracking and Advocacy
This ESSER Tracking and Advocacy Working Group is open to all Network members. In this meeting, leaders from SCORE in Tennessee, A+ Education Partnership in Alabama, and the School and State Finance Project in Connecticut will share tools they’ve built to track ESSER spending and promote the strategic use of these funds, and will join […]
Smart State Strategies for Building Intensive Tutoring Systems
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Addressing Teacher Shortages: Practical Ideas for the Pandemic and Beyond
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