Advocacy organizations have also been banding together to form effective coalitions. In New Mexico, a strengthened state association partnered with NewMexicoKidsCAN, Excellent Schools New Mexico, and the local chamber of commerce to succeed in not only holding back a proposed charter-school moratorium in 2019 but also securing significant legislative victories for charter facilities and winning several key school-board races in Albuquerque. Similarly strengthened coalitions have helped secure policy gains for charter schools in Tennessee, Indiana, Missouri, and Ohio. Derrell Bradford, President of 50CAN, an advocacy organization working on charter-school policy across the nation, notes that not long ago, “the charter-school world was often forced to choose between being right or being good. But now that the universe of advocacy organizations has grown and matured into more coherent coalitions that have gotten stronger over time, we’re at a place where we can be both good and right at the same time. And the policy wins reflect that.