Advice to advocates: what leads to effective advocacy? State policymakers share the inside scoop.
School Administrator › Vol. 61 Nbr. 3, March 2004
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Advice to advocates: what leads to effective advocacy? State policymakers share the inside scoop.
Editor's Note: In hopes of shedding light on how public school leaders can better advocate on the state level for the needs of their schools and their students, The School Administrator turned to policymakers in different settings and with different political leanings.
We invited a trio--a Republican state legislator from the Chicago suburbs, a rural Democratic legislator in Oregon and the Republican vice-chair of the state board of education in Colorado--to address what they observe of educational advocates, good practices and bad, and to suggest ways superintendents and other educators can be more effective in their lobbying efforts. Their perspectives also come with a full appreciation of the role played by school system leaders. One of the contributors spent several years as a member of her ...See the full content of this document
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