Dear Colleagues, The summer 2016 issue of Educational Leadership, published by ASCD, contains a great article “What It Takes to Get a Policymaker’s Attention” by Celine Coggins. Dr. Coggins provides a brief and cogent summary that focuses on three "central pressures” that influence policymaker thinking: promoting equity, allocating scarce resources, and addressing accountability issues. “Successful advocates will get policymakers on their side when they can show how their … proposals attend to these pressures,” she writes. While the article is written for educators in K-12 contexts, I think its content has much value for adult education practitioners as well. The article (and the entire summer issue of Educational Leadership) is available free at http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/jun16/vol73/num09/What-It-Takes-to-Get-a-Policymaker's-Attention.aspx <http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/jun16/vol73/num09/What-It-Takes-to-Get-a-Policymaker's-Attention.aspx> Deborah Kennedy Key Words www.key-words.us