• How to Start and Grow a Think Tank
• Grassroots Leadership Guide to K-12 Education Reform
  • Prologue
  • Decide What Type of Organization You Want to Become
  • Building and Maintaining an Effective Board
  • Get Things Up and Running
  • Legal Reference Material
  • Organize Your Staff and Volunteers
  • Examples of Programs and Operational Materials
    • Overview
    • Suggested Questions to Ask Before Starting a Project
    • School Choice Plans
    • Sample Education Program Overview
    • Sample Project: Leveraging Reform from the No Child Left Behind Act
    • Markets Aren't Magic: School choice improves K-12 education, but only if it's properly structured
    • Marketing Idea: Greatest Scam on Earth
    • Eight Week Event Checklist
    • Sample Speaker's Itinerary
    • Glossary of Terms
  • Building Coalitions
  • Getting Your Message Out/Media Relations
  • Talking with Legislators
  • Raising Money
  • History of School Choice
  • Education Reform Research and Resources
  • Resources
• Taking Donors Seriously
• Fundraising Fundamentals

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Overview

One easy way to make rapid progress quickly is to learn from and emulate what other organizations have done well in other areas. Indeed, the Education Reform Movement is filled with many organizations and leaders throughout the country who are eager to help others improve the educational systems in their respective states.

There are many great examples of programs that have done well in the Untied States and the following articles are just the beginning of what is available to learn from. The afford insight into:

• how one organization defined their education reform department
• how to set up your reform efforts for great educational results for students
• questions to review before staring a program
• an example of a "crazy" marketing tool that did well for outreach and marketing

For more examples on education reform programs and ideas, refer to the resources section of this eBook.