Audience: PIE Network Leaders How can we ensure our research and policy reports don’t just sit on virtual shelves but drive real-world change for students and families? In this session, you will hear 7 field-tested best practices that have helped PIE Network organizations transform their reports into meaningful action and impact. You’ll learn practical techniques […]
State: Tennessee
Building Better Schools: Insights from Innovative Public Schools
Audience: PIE Network Leaders Recent research from NewSchools documents how schools in its portfolio are able to outperform traditional models to achieve exceptional academic and social-emotional outcomes. Join this conversation led by Mia Howard (NewSchools) with pioneering school founders Kristle Hodges Johnson (University High School, TN), Declan O’Connor (Discovery Polytech Early College Prep HS, MA), […]
Reassessing ESSA Implementation: An Equity Analysis of School Accountability Systems
State assessment and accountability systems are designed to identify and support the students and schools that most need it. EdTrust’s new report reviewed each state’s accountability system to identify trends in how states are equitably implementing key federal provisions from the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) by centering student group performance and connecting the school […]
2024 Eddies Awards: Suzanne Kubach PIE Network Weaver of the Year
The Eddies—annual, advocate-nominated and voted awards—feature strategic advocacy that is driving impactful policy change. This Eddies category honors an individual local, state, or national leader who embodies the “give and get” spirit of PIE Network. Recipients of this award consistently work to build and strengthen the impact of the Network and the sector. This category recognizes individuals who are […]
2024 Eddies Awards: Best Defense
The Eddies—annual, advocate-nominated and voted awards—feature strategic advocacy that is driving impactful policy change. Best Defense highlights campaigns that strategically defended important policy at significant risk and overcame significant odds using innovative tactics; sometimes, the most significant wins are actually holding the line. Nominees in this category provide models for how to deploy sharp strategies to […]
2024 Eddies Awards: Best Collaboration
The Eddies—annual, advocate-nominated and voted awards—feature strategic advocacy that is driving impactful policy change. This Eddies category Features coalitions of leaders and organizations who worked together to achieve a significant impact for students and families. Working in coalition can be incredibly powerful—and incredibly challenging. This category honors the hard work of coalitions that organized artfully to respond […]
2024 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 […]
Engaging Groups to Build our Power: Strategies for Community Organizers
Local organizing is deeply relational work. Yet, time is limited, and the need to make an impact by building power with many community members is significant. Join us to hear from Sonya Thomas (PROPEL), about how she and her team are using school and community-based organizing; a practice of building relationships with large groups of […]
Tutoring Lessons: What We Know About the Impact of Tutoring on Student Learning
Audience: PIE Network Leaders High-impact tutoring has been one of the most ubiquitous strategies for pandemic recovery and learning acceleration in the years since schools faced massive disruptions. Given the time and money invested in this intervention, what have we learned? Joined by Marguerite Roza (Edunomics Lab), Kevin Huffman (Accelerate), Susanna Loeb (Stanford Graduate School […]
Welcoming New Network Members and Partners in 2024
PIE Network is designed by and for education advocates. Members of the PIE Network are united by a belief that education can—and should—be transformative. PIE Network members put these beliefs into action by listening to, engaging, and authentically elevating the leadership of students, families, and educators, using data and evidence to drive innovation, improvement, and […]