Education Action Group Foundation
{{Short description|Non-profit organization in Michigan, United States}}
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|founder= Kyle Olson{{cite news |last1= Dudzik |first1= Kelly |title= 13 BPS: Cosmetic Surgery Spending Up |url= http://www.wgrz.com/story/news/local/buffalo/2015/01/19/bps-cosmetic-surgery-spending-up/22032785/ |accessdate= March 10, 2015 |publisher= WGRZ-TV |location= Buffalo |date= January 19, 2015}}
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|purpose= To advocate for educational choice
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The Education Action Group Foundation (EAG) is a nonprofit organization located in Michigan with a mission focused on increasing educational choice and cutting what it perceives to be wasteful spending.{{cite news |last1= Murray |first1= Dave |title= Education Action Group Leader Blasted in Huffington Post for 'Fib' He Calls 'Regrettable' |url= http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/03/education_action_group_leader.html |accessdate= March 10, 2015 |work= MLive |publisher=Booth Newspapers |date= March 26, 2010}}{{cite news |last1= Brandt |first1= Steve |title= Group Takes Aim at Minneapolis Teacher Benefits |url= http://www.startribune.com/local/blogs/149575835.html |accessdate= March 10, 2015 |location= Minneapolis |work= Star Tribune |date= May 3, 2012}}
The organization, which is active nationwide, has a stated mission of "promoting sensible education reform and exposing those with a vested interest in maintaining the status quo...highlighting every day the need for a student-focused education system that is financially sustainable and will put us on a firm footing to compete globally in the future."{{cite web |title= Our Perspective |url= http://eagnews.org/about/our-perspective/ |publisher= Education Action Group Foundation |accessdate= March 10, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150315022801/http://eagnews.org/about/our-perspective/ |archive-date= March 15, 2015 |url-status= dead }}
EAG has encouraged public schools to cut waste.{{cite news |title= Kyle Olson of Education Action Group Talks School Finance |url= http://articles.petoskeynews.com/2009-04-21/teachers-union_24070843 |accessdate= March 10, 2015 |work= Charlevoix Courier |date= April 21, 2009}} The group has used Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain spending records from public schools.{{cite news |last1= Cole |first1= Jeff |title= FOX 29 Investigates Trenton School District Spending |url= http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/24329384/fox-29-investigates-trenton-school-district-spending |accessdate= March 10, 2015 |publisher= WTXF-TV |location= Philadelphia |date= December 30, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150320003803/http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/24329384/fox-29-investigates-trenton-school-district-spending |archive-date= March 20, 2015 |url-status= dead }}