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Educator Advocacy

Why educator advocacy?


Educators are the gate-keepers for educational

law and practices.

Government building with text: Professional Advocacy
Government woman talking to children with text: Impact legislation


You are a well-informed, research-based, experienced professional. Your voice is powerful!

What can you do?

What resources are available to you?

Education Northwest pays full-time research librarians, who will research any educational topic you ask them to. They are free, quick, personable, and authoritative.


Parents Across America is an active and well-organized group. Their website provides fact sheets and position papers on major current topics.


Oregon Save Our Schools, the Oregon chapter of Parents Across America, is an advocacy group that is monitoring educational reforms in Oregon.

Class Size Matters has fact sheets about the impact of class sizes on achievement.