Applications for the 2024-2025 Fellowship Program are now closed

Our rosters are full! EPLC is no longer accepting applications for the 2024-2025 Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP). If you are interested in our program for 2025-2026, please contact Amy Morton at morton@eplc.org to ensure early access to registration next spring. For this coming year we have a fantastic class of 38 Fellows for EPFP, …

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Applications are now being accepted for the Class of 2024-2025 Fellowship Program

Apply now for EPLC’s Education Policy Fellowship Program! Space in the 2024-2025 cohort is limited to a maximum of 35 qualified candidates. You can access the brochure to learn more about this unique 9-month professional learning and leadership development opportunity for those interesting in having an impact on public education policy in Pennsylvania. The vast …

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Applications for the 2024-2025 Fellowship Program Will Be Available March 31!

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 …

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EPFP Fellows Enjoy Multi-State Regional Leadership Forum

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 …

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Ron Cowell Receives Prestigious EPLC Award

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 …

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Advanced Fellows Meet in DC to Kick Off Program Year

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, …

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25th EPFP Class Begins 2023-2024 Fellowship Program!

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 …

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EPFP Graduates’ Mental Health Policy Proposal Featured in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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 …

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Announcing the 2023-24 Advanced Education Policy Leadership Program Fellows!

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 …

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Fellowship Application Window for 2023-24 is now CLOSED

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 …

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