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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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