The Arizona Mayors Education Roundtable, a WestEd initiative, was cited in The Florida Squeeze blog as an example of a state convening leaders on policy issues.

States the blog post:

“…[Tallahassee Mayor Andrew] Gillum convened national annual policy summits for young elected officials. This effort has the potential to not only mobilize the Tallahassee community but to also ignite policy discussions across the state in a direction that has not been seen in Florida for almost two decades….

“The Arizona Mayors Education Roundtable, a WestEd initiative, brings together mayors of Arizona’s larger cities, district superintendents, and their key staff to share data, evidence-based and promising practices, and programmatic strategies that can help address local challenges affecting students’ educational and career success….”

Read the blog post.