Successful Strategies

The following states have implemented successful advocacy strategies.

Florida

People Advocating Change Together (PACT) is an organizing and advocacy group committed to channeling the power of collective action to help “stop the violence” and “close the gap” among black youth in Pinellas County, FL. The members of PACT understand the importance of working together to help reclaim the future of America’s youth. Read More...

Illinois

A+ Illinois is a broad statewide coalition that seeks comprehensive reform of the Illinois' school funding and tax systems. The organization advocates for the state government to play a larger role in funding public schools in order to ensure that students have the ability to succeed academically regardless of where in Illinois they live. Read More...

Kentucky

The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence is a non-partisan, non-profit citizen's advocacy group dedicated to improving education in Kentucky at all levels, and informing legislators, governors, other education officials and the public about issues of importance in education. Read More...

Maryland

Critical Exposure is a national organization dedicated to using students' documentary photography and first-person narrative to build public demand for quality education and to support campaigns to secure more resources for all public schools. Read More...

New York

In connection with its legal challenge to New York State’s education finance system, the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc. has launched an innovative process of public dialogue on education and funding reform. This Public Engagement Process (“PEP”) brings together a diverse coalition of groups and individuals to develop comprehensive reform positions, part of which have been presented to the court as remedial proposals in the CFE v. State lawsuit. Read More...