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About this role
EdVoice is a nonprofit education advocacy organization focused on reshaping public education in California. They are seeking a motivated graduate student intern to support their policy and advocacy work during Summer 2026, involving research, analysis, and collaboration on education-related projects.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborating with the policy team to research, analyze, and execute special projects related to EdVoice’s policy priorities, including California’s teacher workforce, early literacy implementation, and efforts to improve early math outcomes
- Preparing policy research summaries or landscape scans
- Drafting content for toolkits, one-pagers, or internal strategy documents to support EdVoice’s ongoing coalition and advocacy work
- Reviewing and assessing local policies, regulations, and education practices that impact students from low-income communities
- Completing special projects as needed, working on a wide variety of education and community issues
Requirements:
- Current graduate students in Public Policy, Public Administration, Education, Political Science, or similar
- Graduated or rising seniors from a California higher education institution with demonstrated academic or extracurricular experience in policy, advocacy, or education equity
- Strong writing and editing skills (memos, briefs, summaries)
- Experience with both quantitative and qualitative data cleaning, collection, and analysis
- Ability to conduct policy research and synthesize information
- Familiarity with California education issues or interest in learning
- Ability to work independently and manage deadlines
- Professional communication skills (email, Zoom, meetings, etc.)
- Attention to detail and strong organizational habits
- Ability to collaborate with a small, fast-paced team
- Proficiency with Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides)
- Commitment to equity in education and public policy
- MUST BE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT
- Interest in the intersection of education, equity, and systems change in California