League of Education Voters / LEV Foundation

The League of Education Voters is a non-partisan organization that partners with parents, students and civic leaders who believe in a high-quality public education from cradle to career. Our vision is that every student in Washington State has access to an excellent public education that provides the opportunity for success. Our work has influenced crucial issues such as education funding, school discipline, early childhood education and public charter schools. The biggest successes have come when LEV leads, rallies, and supports partners and communities, working together to demand change. We shape the debate, build powerful coalitions, amplify individual voices, and mobilize people to advocate to achieve meaningful reform and ample resources for education. The League of Education Voters was founded in 2001 by Washingtonians to support an education system that provides all students an equal opportunity for success from cradle to career. Working on behalf of students, LEV has successfully led the charge on many of the landmark funding and policy decisions helping improve the education landscape in Washington.

To achieve our vision, the LEV and the LEV Foundation will: • Advocate for effective reforms and ample, equitable, and stable revenue to support a high-quality public education system in Washington state. • Work across sectors to mobilize families, businesses, youth, educators, communities, and other stakeholders to advocate for high-quality, fully-funded, and equitable education. • Partner with stakeholders to understand and remove the systemic barriers to each student’s success within the public education system. • Provide stakeholders, policymakers, and the media with strategic, accurate, and timely information about public education in Washington state. • Highlight research-driven and promising educational practices that prepare students to reach their full potential and contribute meaningfully to our democracy and economy. • Engage in the political process by directly lobbying for and organizing others to indirectly lobby for legislation and policies that support an education system • Support political candidates, elected officials, and policymakers who help achieve our vision. • Support and sponsor direct initiatives, referendums, or litigation when there is an opportunity to further our vision for our students.