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5 Ways to Create Fair School Funding Formulas
May 20, 2025 by Qubilah Huddleston EdTrust believes that state school funding systems should provide adequate and equitable funding levels to address students’ individual needs
P-12 School Funding Glossary
May 20, 2025 by Qubilah Huddleston School funding can be complex. We have compiled a list of common terms to help you understand how state school funding systems work
Why Environmental Justice Is Educational Justice
Without education and action on climate change, students of color and students from low-income backgrounds will bear the brunt of its effects
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Americans Need More Civic Knowledge
June 26, 2025 by Dominique McCord The lack of civic knowledge is preventable and begins in our schools, where civic education has been declining
2 Executive Orders That Hinder School Discipline Progress and Civil Rights
June 25, 2025 by Kathryn E. Wiley Two executive orders target K-12 school discipline for Black students and other underserved students, even though they are disciplined more than their white peers
Math as Play: Cultivating a Nation of Math People
June 24, 2025 by Rebecka Peterson Math can involve numbers, but mathematics is so much more than digits strung together by symbols
Pandemic Relief Funds: Proof that Public Schools Need More Funding, Not Less
Some school districts exceeded their pre-pandemic achievement levels by using federal ESSER funding to implement programs that support student learning
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EdTrust Comment on Secretarial Priorities
June 20, 2025 by EdTrust EdTrust comments on proposed supplemental priorities focusing on evidence-based literacy, educational choice, and returning education to the states
Joint Comment on 2026 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
June 16, 2025 by EdTrust On behalf of the undersigned organizations working to advance civil rights and educational opportunity, we write to provide public comment on the 30-day public notice from the Department of Education (ED) regarding the 2026 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessment.
Testimony of Denise Forte on Senate FY26 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill
June 16, 2025 by EdTrust On behalf of EdTrust, a national nonprofit committed to advancing policies and practices to dismantle the racial and economic barriers embedded in the American education system, thank you for the opportunity to present testimony on the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (L-HHS-ED) Appropriations bill.
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