A RESPONSIVE APPROACH TO LOCAL EDUCATION POLICY.

BRIDGING STATE AND LOCAL IMPACT

P2T is committed to developing policy solutions that are responsive to the needs of states and local communities. In order to maintain this focus throughout the proposal and implementation phases, P2T listens to the needs of state and local leaders and establishes broad partnerships to inform its activities.

To learn more about our Partners and Supporters, please visit our Partners page.

Through its Call for Proposals, P2T seeks innovative, agile, and bipartisan ideas to then develop into a catalog of policy solutions. The policy catalog will serve as a key resource for state and local policy leaders. To help guide proposals, these leaders have helped us capture frequently discussed issues that may represent areas of interest for education policy exploration, which are discussed more thoroughly in the Call for Proposals. To learn more about the Call for Proposals, please visit our Proposals page.

Following the proposal phase, P2T will match selected ideas with aligned partners to refine and expand on the solution for maximum potential impact.

P2T, its selected solutions, and its partners will then align ideas to local needs pursuant to demonstrated local policy needs and identified relevant policy ideas. The catalog of P2T proposals may be supplemented by additional policies and solutions aligned with thematic priorities as needed and serve as a key resource for coalitions to identify solutions and ideas that may not have been otherwise apparent. The implementation plan will capture the needs of each community to achieve the desired policy, and will engage local resources for sustainable impact.

P2T and its partners will synthesize the takeaways from implementation and compile impacts to inform scale strategies or additional local needs to be addressed.

Our Team

Hanna Skandera

Having worked in numerous states and organizations, most recently in a state leadership role, Hanna has witnessed firsthand the importance of alignment between education policy and local needs and priorities. Over the last year, she’s had the privilege of working with leaders from across the country and heard the local voices reflect on the state of our education system. The consistent theme of an evolving localized education landscape and a need for fresh ideas acutely resonated with her. She believes the time is right to support states and local communities as they lead to impact education policy.

Hanna brings over two decades of executive leadership experience to a variety of private, public and non-profit organizations. In addition to serving as New Mexico’s Secretary of Education from 2011-2017, Hanna served as Undersecretary of Education in California from 2004-2005, Deputy Education Commissioner of Florida from 2005-2007, and Deputy Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Education from 2007-2009.

Kristen Lozada Morgan

Kristen’s career has been dedicated to building the capacity of organizations to serve students equitably and effectively. Currently, Kristen consults nationally with government agencies and education nonprofit organizations to provide expertise on operations, strategy, and organizational improvement.

Previously, Kristen served as a founding math teacher at a charter school in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. She then led the finance and operations teams through the organization’s growth to a network of schools, earning recognition including an Excellence in Government -- Innovation Award for the use of innovative solutions to solve pressing problems. Subsequently, Kristen led EnrollNOLA, the unified enrollment system at the Louisiana Recovery School District, improving operations while promoting access and transparency for families.

Originally from Hawai’i, Kristen earned her bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, and an MBA from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. Kristen is the proud parent of two soon-to-be school-age daughters.

Our Partners

P2T’s impact is strengthened by its Partners and Supporters enabling a lean team to facilitate the advancement of the initiative.

To learn more, please visit our Partners page.

Join us in our Call for Proposals.

Starting with a Call for Proposals across state and local communities, P2T will support the development of selected proposals into education policy papers and curate the final papers into a policy catalog for state and local leaders. The Call for Proposals is open now and P2T is counting on the most innovative and thoughtful thinkers to submit proposals.

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