Public Education Network (PEN) is a national organization of local education funds (LEFs) and individuals working to improve public schools and build citizen support for quality public education in low-income communities across the nation. PEN believes an active, vocal constituency is the key to ensuring that every child, in every community, bene.ts from a quality public education. PEN and its members are building public demand and mobilizing resources for quality public education on behalf of 11.5 million children in more than 1600 school districts in 34 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. In addition, PEN’s international a.liates serve over 7 million children in Mexico, Peru, and the Philippines.

Our Vision
Every day, in every community, every child in America bene.ts from a quality public education.

Our Mission
To build public demand and mobilize resources for quality public education for all children through a national constituency of local education funds and individuals.
 

Special Thanks
Public Education Network gratefully acknowledges the following funders for their invaluable support of the national NCLB hearings.   - The George Gund Foundation - Houston Endowment Inc. - Nellie Mae Education Foundation - New York Community Trust - Philip Morris USA - Plan for Social Excellence - Washington Mutual Foundation		We are grateful for the guidance and support from the following individuals, without whom our national hearings would not have been visualized or realized:   - Anne Lewis, education policy writer and author of the NCLB national and state reports. - Ronald Cowell, President, Education Policy and Leadership Center, Pennsylvania - PEN Project Sta.: Amanda Broun, Arnie Fege, Andrea Grenadier - Graphic Design: Meredith Spangenberg, Moonlight & Co. - Photography: Critical Exposure - Printing: CSI