For Victory, Start with the Fundamentals
SVP Partner Mark Holloway recently published an article in EdSurge, “How Did Portland Pull Off a Universal Pre-K Victory? We Started with the Fundamentals.” This article focuses on the importance of a focused strategy and shared power that achieved the collective goal of preschool for all in Multnomah County.
“We asked from the very beginning—and indeed throughout our nine-year effort—‘What is best for ALL of our kids, especially those furthest from opportunity now?’ This provided us a clear shared value to align the varied life experiences, diverse perspectives and divergent viewpoints at the table.”
“One of our first charges was to come together and create a ‘big WE,’ as I liked to call it, which united us under the same umbrella to work toward our shared early childhood goals. Laying that foundation was essential to the endurance it took to achieve our strong policy and big victory.”