Shaping Education Policy: The Importance of Clarity, Commitment, and Consensus Building.

The article describes how foundations in Ohio joined together in a sustained, strategic effort to influence state public policy to improve education and details activities since 2006 by the Ohio Grantmakers Forum (OGF) and its Education Advisory Committee. Fioundations in the state are said to be focused on collective research and analysis and presentation of their findings helped to establish philanthropy as an important player in the reform conversation.