The Great American Heist
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We evaluate education policies, practices, and dollars spent through a single lens: what’s right for students — preschool through college. Here’s our latest work, featuring our signature data, research, and recommendations.
Raising the Cost of Borrowing, Reducing Access: How the One Big Beautiful Bill Reshapes Financial Aid and Repayment
November 06, 2025 by Victoria Jackson The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) cuts key federal financial aid programs for undergraduate and graduate students and consumer protections for student loan repayment
An Overview of State Financial Aid in Illinois, Indiana, and Minnesota
October 30, 2025 by Victoria Jackson As federal financial aid shrinks, college access and affordability will hinge on how states distribute student aid and set eligibility requirements. A new EdTrust report examines state financial aid programs in three Midwestern states.
Building Futures: Strengthening the Educator Workforce Through Teacher Apprenticeships
An excellent teacher is integral for student success, and most states have turned to registered teacher apprenticeship programs to widen their pool of educators
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Literacy Unlocked Webinar Series
December 08, 2025 by EdTrust A webinar series discussing how family partnerships, support for older readers, and access to diverse, representative materials fuel resource equity in literacy reform efforts
The Value of College Is More Than a Paycheck: Why Equity Must Be Part of the Equation
December 05, 2025 by Hailey DeMars, Mia Schaubhut OBBBA attempts to hold colleges accountable by tying value to graduates’ earnings, but it may unfairly penalize MSIs and community colleges that help students succeed
How Trump 2.0 Upended Education Research and Statistics in One Year
December 03, 2025 by Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report Decades of carefully built infrastructure aimed at improving and tracking how American children learn vanished in an ideological attack
Who Receives TRIO Funding? A National Snapshot of Federal TRIO Funding at Colleges and Universities
December 02, 2025 by Daniel Ceva An overview of which colleges receive TRIO grants, the amounts of those awards, and how the funds are distributed
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Amid a National Debate, a New Massachusetts Poll Sheds Light on Parent Perspectives on Cell Phone Bans in Schools
December 04, 2025 by EdTrust-Massachusetts A new EdTrust–Massachusetts poll reveals strong parent support for limiting student cellphone use during the school day
80+ Civil Rights and Education Organizations’ Joint Statement on the Illegal Transferring of Key Roles and Responsibilities from the U.S. Department of Education
November 20, 2025 by EdTrust Civil rights and education organizations denounce the unlawful transfer of critical U.S. Department of Education offices and responsibilities to other federal agencies
Dismantling of the Department of Education Fails Students
November 18, 2025 by EdTrust Statement from EdTrust president and CEO, Denise Forte
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