Regents standards and charter schools. Building needs and reading scores. Title I and teachers’ salaries.

Not to mention the state budget.

In New York State, the educational is indeed political. Small wonder, then, that state and local educators view a dynamic presence in the state capital as a necessity. Yet they generally have neither the time nor the specialized talent to maintain that presence effectively.

Many of them turn to Carr Public Affairs—not simply for experience in lobbying, but for an in-depth grasp of education in New York State. Since our founding in 1993, we have helped education advocacy groups and institutions successfully advance their agendas. Among these successes:

• For 4201 schools —those serving deaf, blind, and disabled students—we educated legislators on the schools’ mission, then used their new awareness to win increased state funding.
  
• For the New York Association of Pupil Transportation, we worked to enact over 40 new laws to safeguard children who ride school buses in New York.
  
• For the Association of American Publishers, we have helped to increase state aid for schoolbooks and educational technology.
  
• We have supported Literacy Volunteers of America/New York State Chapter in its quest to increase support for adult literacy services.
  
• We have reinvigorated the public affairs agenda of the New York State Federation of School Administrators, a key labor organization for school principals in New York City, Yonkers, and Buffalo.
  

In each case, our clients came away with favorable, workable solutions—the better to pursue their unique mission in the education of New York State’s children.

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