Great Leaders Strong Schools

Public education and outreach: glss was founded on the premise that the public education system in Arizona must be reoriented toward a focus on the practical needs of students and families. While Arizona has instituted a robust basic infrastructure of school choice, glss believes that it must be fortified by Strong mechanisms of accountability and equitable access to quality Schools for all students. To this end, the organization developed an internet and social media presence to broadly disseminate information and mobilized parents and educators to support public policies that enhance school choice and access, empower individual Schools to develop programs and initiatives tailored to their unique student populations, and strengthen accountability to taxpayers.

Grassroots and direct lobbying: glss directed a substantial proportion of its time and resources to the advocacy of legislative and regulatory solutions in Arizona that (1) protect and expand parental choice; (2) encourage school autonomy and classroom innovation by administrators and teachers; (3) enhance students' ability to access quality Schools; and (4) fortify accountability measures to ensure that tax dollars are used efficiently, effectively, and transparently connects funding levels to student achievement.