MarylandCAN is a platform for Maryland citizens to effectively speak up for kids. 

Without the right political climate, great schools will continue to elude Maryland’s most disadvantaged children. To close Maryland’s gaping achievement gap, a new ethos of reform must permeate state government, the education establishment, and the wide community of citizens.

We don’t build schools or train teachers. Instead, MarylandCAN runs results-oriented advocacy campaigns through:

• Research & Policy. MarylandCAN’s original reports and briefs provide the in-depth analysis of Maryland’s public school system that is the foundation for our policy recommendations.
• Communications & Mobilization. MarylandCAN creates informed citizens with a commitment to common sense education reform through a combination of media work, electronic communications and social networking, publications, on-the-ground community organizing, partnerships with like-minded civic and community groups and events. Then, we make it easy for Maryland’s growing cadre of education reform advocates to take meaningful and impactful action through our e-advocacy system.
• Advocacy for Policy Change. Grounded in our research and policy work, MarylandCAN’s expert staff teams with our citizen advocates and key state officials to develop and enact concrete, meaningful education reforms through both legislative and administrative action.