About Education Advocacy Alliance

Our Story: A Commitment to Education, Respect, and Accountability

Every teacher deserves professional respect, every parent deserves to be heard, and every student deserves the opportunity to learn in a safe, supportive, and professionally managed school.

For founder David J. Page, Jr., this belief reflects more than three decades of experience in education, school leadership, teacher advocacy, and service to families. The story behind Education Advocacy Alliance began long before the organization had a name.

Where the Journey Began

In December 1990, Page earned a Bachelor of Science in Art Education from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and began a career dedicated to educating young people. His professional journey has included classroom teaching, mathematics instruction, student behavior support, instructional leadership, and school improvement responsibilities across Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas.

Working directly with students and teachers provided a firsthand understanding of the challenges educators face every day. Teachers are expected to deliver instruction, maintain productive classrooms, communicate with families, meet academic expectations, and respond to students' changing needs. They cannot successfully fulfill these responsibilities without support from school leadership.

Effective schools require more than policies and procedures. They require mutual respect, professional communication, fair treatment, and administrators who recognize the importance of educators working directly with students.

Standing Up for Teachers

During his career, Page served as a teachers' union president, helping educators address workplace concerns, understand policies, prepare professional correspondence, and navigate difficult situations.

His approach to advocacy was grounded in a straightforward principle: Problems should be addressed professionally, fairly, and with a genuine commitment to finding solutions. Sometimes that meant listening and offering guidance. Sometimes it meant helping a teacher prepare for an administrative meeting. Other times it meant reviewing procedures and raising questions about decisions that deserved closer examination.

Through those experiences, one lesson became clear: Teachers often need someone who will listen, help them understand their options, and stand beside them when professional relationships become difficult.

The Website That Revealed a Need

During the late 1990s or early 2000s, Page experienced a difficult professional situation involving school administration. After struggling to have his concerns heard through the usual channels, he created a website called MemphisCitySchools.com.

At first, the website was a way to tell his own story, share documentation, and invite educators to discuss the challenges they encountered. What happened next was unexpected. Teachers began visiting and sharing their experiences, and the site grew into a much larger conversation about working conditions, professional respect, communication, and school accountability.

Page recalls that the website eventually received more than 10,000 comments. What started as one educator's effort to be heard had become an important outlet for many others. But managing the growing volume of comments and concerns became overwhelming for a one-person operation. Eventually, he made the decision to close the website.

The experience stayed with him. It demonstrated that educators wanted to be heard, but it also revealed the need for a more organized, constructive, and sustainable approach to advocacy.

A New Season and a Renewed Purpose

Years later, Page continued to reflect on the role of advocacy in education. He recognized that the need for professional guidance, respectful leadership, and meaningful family-school partnerships had not disappeared.

In August 2025, he earned a Master of Education in Educational Administration from Grand Canyon University with a 4.0 grade point average. He subsequently pursued doctoral studies in organizational leadership, with a focus on organizational development. His academic and professional experiences reinforced the importance of organizational culture, ethical leadership, fair procedures, and accountability.

At the same time, personal reflection and spiritual growth encouraged him to consider how his experience could be used to serve others in a new season of life. Rather than allowing difficult experiences to define his future, he began considering how to build something positive from the lessons he had learned.

Education Advocacy Alliance grew from that vision. It is not intended to recreate a public forum dominated by grievances. Instead, it is designed to emphasize education, professional support, respectful communication, responsible accountability, and practical solutions.

Why Education Advocacy Alliance Exists

Strong schools depend on relationships among educators, families, students, and administrators. Teachers work directly with students and deserve professional respect, clear expectations, fair procedures, and supportive leadership. Parents deserve understandable information, meaningful participation, and assistance in communicating with schools. Students deserve environments where learning and well-being remain central priorities.

School administrators also play an essential role. Effective leadership requires fairness, consistency, professionalism, communication, and accountability. Education Advocacy Alliance seeks to strengthen these relationships rather than create unnecessary conflict.

Collaboration, however, should never mean ignoring legitimate concerns. When problems cannot be resolved through ordinary communication, educators and families should have access to information and resources that help them pursue appropriate next steps.

Our Mission

To strengthen schools by supporting educators, empowering parents, promoting professional accountability, and encouraging respectful partnerships among teachers, families, students, and educational leaders.

Our Vision

A future in which every school operates within a culture of professional respect, every educator receives meaningful support, every parent has an opportunity to participate, and every student benefits from effective educational leadership.

Our Guiding Principles

Our Commitment to Teachers, Parents, and Schools

Education Advocacy Alliance is an independent educational advocacy and support organization. Its purpose is to provide educational resources, policy information, professional communication assistance, and practical tools that help teachers and families address concerns constructively.

The Alliance is not established to oppose school districts or administrators. Its goal is to help schools become more effective through professional leadership, stronger communication, and respectful treatment throughout the educational community. It welcomes opportunities to work with educators, parents, school leaders, and community members who share these commitments.