The Education Policy and Leadership Center
A Non-Partisan, Non-Profit Organization Dedicated To Effective Education Policy
Eight Education Policy Fellowship Program alumni completed the “by invitation only” Advanced Education Policy Leadership Program and were recognized on Wednesday, March 28, 2025, at the Harrisburg Hilton. Lysandra Alexander (PDE), Storm Camara (PDE), Jason Conway (Westmoreland IU), Juliet Curci (Temple U.), Tim Mulligan (Communities in Schools), Heidi Ondek (Western PA School for Blind Children), …
Thirty-nine (39) new graduates joined the ranks of Education Policy Fellowship Program alumni on May 28, 2025. After their day in the capital where they met with PA Department of Education leaders, pitched their policy proposals to legislators and their staffers, and took a private tour of the Capitol building, our largest class ever convened …
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 …