Comments on: Smart List: 50 Advocacy Organizations Making a Difference

By: Steven Cruz

Steven Cruz — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:02:43 +0000

Hi Getting Smart Team!

Consider adding Leadership for Educational Equity! LEE is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, leadership development organization working to end the injustice of educational inequity by inspiring and supporting a diverse set of leaders with first-hand experience to engage civically and politically.
It counts over 45,000 members across the country who are elected officials (or running for office), policy leaders and community organizers committed to providing solutions to educational inequity that work for their communities. Read more about them here.

https://educationalequity.org/

By: Barbara McKenna

Barbara McKenna — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:38:44 +0000

A good list but many missing. Could you add Center for Teaching Quality, Learning Policy Institute, American Youth Policy Forum, Learning Forward, National Urban League, Opportunity Institute.

By: Erik Day

Erik Day — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 23:57:54 +0000

In reply to Aly. Thanks for sharing, Aly! Looks cool

By: Aly

Aly — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:28:34 +0000

Students United! This is a nonprofit that is run BY students, its board of directors are the student body presidents from each of the universities it represents. The organization just got an affirmative consent policy passed for 54 colleges and universities. https://www.studentsunited.org

By: What the true Grassroots Parents movements are up again$t- lots of money – Washington State Parents Involved In Education- a State Affiliate of USPIE

Tue, 02 May 2017 04:25:20 +0000

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By: Jim Flanagan

Jim Flanagan — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 17:51:26 +0000

ISTE – http://www.iste.org

By: Gene Coulson

Gene Coulson — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 19:54:12 +0000

Add EntreEd, The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education for advocacy of entrepreneurship education in K-14. EntreEd just received a 3-year grant to expand the America’s Entrepreneurial Schools initiative into a 5 state region in Appalachia.

By: Robyn Bagley

Robyn Bagley — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 07:32:49 +0000

Parents for Choice in Education in Utah, of course. We’ve led the nation in groundbreaking legislation – first to successfully initiate and pass a course choice law in the U.S based on 10 Elements of Digital Learning and first to initiate and pass a Student Data Backpack law after being challenged by Tom VanderArk to do so. Those are just two of many laws related to choice and innovation initiated and passed by us.

By: Christen

Christen — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:41:54 +0000

Hi Tom- Would you include LightSail Education as an enterprise making a difference? https://www.theguardian.com/pearson-partner-zone/2016/dec/12/lightsail-a-digital-library-that-helps-kids-love-reading

By: Dave Potter

Dave Potter — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:32:35 +0000

I’d add the Partnership for 21st Century Learning, which is a resource and/or partner with many organizations on this list. P21 continues to be a unique consortium, supported by a bipartisan Congressional 21st Century Skills Caucus, committed to 21st century learning for all students.