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California Business for Education Excellence Joins National
Network of 34 Education Advocacy Groups
California Business for Education Excellence is one of eight education
advocacy groups that have been accepted into the Policy Innovators in
Education (PIE) Network, increasing membership to 34 groups located in
23 states and the District of Columbia. Network members work to improve
K-12 education by advancing state-level policies that help all students
graduate ready for college and career. “This has been a big year for
education reform in many states; we are seeing significant policy shifts
on important issues such as improving teacher effectiveness, raising
accountability, and increasing options for families to find quality
schools,” said PIE Network Executive Director Suzanne Tacheny Kubach.
“The network’s dramatic growth this year is one more example of the
strength of the movement to improve education across the country.” PIE
Network is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. Sixty-eight percent of
its members are independent advocacy groups while 32 percent are
affiliates of national advocacy organizations. “Through the PIE Network,
CBEE will leverage the collective expertise and unified voice of 32
effective organizations around the country interested in improving
public schools,” said Kirk Clark, president of California Business for
Education Excellence. “We look forward to working together across the
network to further effective public policy that raises student academic
achievement and college academic preparedness for all students.” Joining
the PIE Network also means CBEE will have close access to the network’s
five national policy partners: Center for American Progress, Center for
Reinventing Public Education, Education Sector, the National Council on
Teacher Quality, and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.
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