The Education Policy and Leadership Center
A Non-Partisan, Non-Profit Organization Dedicated To Effective Education Policy
NOW is the time to apply for the 2025-2026 Education Policy Fellowship Program. Each year only a limited number of applicants are accepted to create a diverse cohort of Fellows who are interested in learning about public education policy and are committed to improving educaiton policy in Pennsylvania. Access this year’s brochure and application form, …
As you plan your professional learning for the coming year, consider the impact of serving as an Education Policy Fellow. You will engage in a nine-month program with people from across the education spectrum – advocates, policymakers, leaders from higher education, K-12 , and service and membership organizations. You will meet, learn and work with …
Our Class of 2024 Education Policy Fellowship Program participants joined about 90 other Fellows from Michigan, Ohio and New York earlier this month when they toured the Gettysburg Battlefields on Thursday, October 5, learning from experienced guides about the lessons of leadership that still resonate 160 years later. After a terrific reception at the Cumberland …
Ron Cowell, EPLC Founder and Senior Fellow, was feted on September 28 surrounded by colleagues and friends. EPLC’s prestigious Donley Award was renamed this year to the Edward Donley-Ronald Cowell Education Policy Leadership Award and given to Ron for his many years of public service and education policy leadership as both a state legislator and …
The 2023-2024 Advanced Education Policy Leadership Fellowship Program kicked off their program year on September 21-22 in Washington, D.C. The AEPLP is a multi-state cohort with Fellows from Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Their convening in DC included multiple speakers from national organizations, a trip to the US Department of Education, …
Thirty-one (31) participants embarked on their yearlong journey through EPLC’s Fellowship Program with an initial analysis of the relationships among local, state, and federal policy. Check out this year’s roster of participants who come from across the Commonwealth. They are principals, superintendents, Department of Education employees, professional association and intermediate unit leaders, college and university …
Megan Van Fossan and her team of Fellows (Luis Beltran, Joseph Eye, Stacey Sidle, Sarah Pesi) from the 2022-23 Education Policy Fellowship Program developed a legislative proposal to require mental health screenings for secondary students to identify and address their needs. The team continues to work on getting the legislation passed and implemented, and was …
Congratulations to Pennsylvania’s six EPFP alumni who will be serving as our Advanced Fellows this year, joining Fellows from Kansas, Missouri, New York, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Ohio. This by-invitation-only program engages about 30-35 experienced professionals from K-12, higher education, advocacy, and policymaking positions in a year-long experience that begins with a Washington Seminar and culminates …
Thanks to the many folks who applied to participate in this year’s Education Policy Fellowship Program. With over thirty Fellows accepted into the program from across the Commonwealth, we begin our 25th year of EPFP with the Class of 2024. Beginning on September 15th, this group will embark on a year of activities and learning …
Edward J. Fuller, Penn State University; Charles D. Allen, U.S. Army War College; and Monica Taylor, Temple University, received EPLC’s 2023 Alumni Awards for their outstanding achievements and service to education at EPLC’s Annual Recognition Luncheon on June 7, 2023 at the Penn Harris Hotel in Camp Hill. Ed Fuller is a graduate of the …