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POLICY AND PRACTICE

Every educator can be an advocate. Here’s how.

By Melinda George
Categories: Advocacy/policy, Data, Research
December 2022
For five years, Learning Forward has led the “Every Educator Is an Advocate” campaign to encourage all educators to use their voices and expertise to make an impact on policy at all levels of the education system. Advocacy is using an opportunity to share a story or compelling reasons that a decision should be made, resources or funding should be allocated, or a path forward should be shaped in a particular way. While the job description for an educator is already complex, adding advocacy to your toolbox is important because it enables educators to be a part of the decision-making process rather than having decisions made for them. To support our campaign, Learning Forward hosted Virtual Advocacy Day in September. The daylong event brought together

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Melinda George
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Melinda George a nationally recognized leader in education and nonprofit management. For eight years, she served as Learning Forward’s chief policy officer, serving on the Learning Forward leadership team and overseeing Learning Forward’s policy and advocacy work.


Categories: Advocacy/policy, Data, Research

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