{"id":26,"date":"2025-10-01T06:37:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T06:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/ceie\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-10-03T14:28:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:28:02","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/ceie\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"26\" class=\"elementor elementor-26\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d812dfc elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d812dfc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71b983a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"71b983a\" 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underserved populations.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c50ad4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c50ad4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Alliance for Candidate Engagement in Education is a group of prominent nonpartisan 501 (c) (3) education, civil rights, and legal advocacy organizations in California that are aligned on the educational equity goals of improving student outcomes and increasing access, quality, funding, and workforce investments in our early learning, TK-12, and higher education systems in our state.\u00a0 Together, we\u2019re calling on all candidates to commit to real solutions and to ensure education and California\u2019s students are at the forefront of the 2026 election.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-527d77e e-con-full e-flex e-con 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Three leadership roles with profound influence over education policy, funding, and practice across the state. As the election cycle gains momentum, The Alliance for Candidate Engagement in Education, a coalition of nonpartisan 501 (c) (3) education, civil rights, and legal advocacy organizations, is coming together to ensure that education is front and center in the minds of every candidate.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6b96ed elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c6b96ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Overview Brief<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California\u2019s Students Deserve Bold Leadership &amp; Real Solutions Despite California\u2019s dedication to innovation and notable economic standing, significant shortcomings in the state\u2019s education systems are continuing to hold back our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/ceie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/ceie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/ceie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/ceie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/ceie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":73,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/ceie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32260,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/ceie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/32260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/ceie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}