Checklists for Strategic Involvement

The first step in getting involved in improving public education is prioritizing where to spend your time and resources. Does your school district need help? What kind of help? Do you want to have a broader impact by banding together with other businesspeople to influence state policy? The next step is deciding where your expertise can be most valuable. What issues do you want to work on? And how will you know if you are effective?

There are many ways for companies and organizations of all sizes and individual business people to support strategic local and state education improvement efforts. This section includes checklists of strategies for action that smart businesses have used to advance education excellence through advocacy, philanthropy, lending expertise and leadership. You can also read snapshots of effective business-led education initiatives that use these strategies.