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Alex Cortez

Alex Cortez is a partner with Bellwether, a national nonprofit organization working to improve educational outcomes for systemically marginalized young people.

How Information, Navigation and Options Can Transform Education Beyond K-12

Alex Cortez

Analysis: Amid the Chaos of Coronavirus, Parent Power (and Parent Organizing) Have Never Been More Important. It’s Time for Education Funders to Show Them the Money

Alex Cortez

Cortez: ‘In the Room Where It Happens’ — Parents Assuming Formal Authority to Drive Change

Alex Cortez

Cortez: An Infrastructure of Parent Power — The Magnificent 7

Alex Cortez

Cortez: If You Believe in Parent Power, What Are Your Values?

Alex Cortez

Cortez: Parent Power Is Key to Changing Education Systems, and Measurement Is Key to Scaling Parent Power

Alex Cortez

Case Study: An ‘Education Return on Investment’ in Funding Parent Empowerment (or When Spending $1 Drives $44 in Proficiency)

Alex Cortez

Key Lessons From a ‘Blue Ribbon’ School in Los Angeles: 3 Ways to Build an Effective — and Enduring — Education Agenda

Alex Cortez & Yordanos Eyoel

Notes From the Field: If You Want Great Schools, First Work With Parents to Create ‘Actionable Demand’

Alex Cortez & Yordanos Eyoel