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Research, Tools & Insights
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.
#SaveOurStudents: Advocacy Toolkit to Organize for Success
March 13, 2025 by EdTrust This toolkit equips advocates with the resources to mobilize state and local communities to resist these attacks and protect public education for current and future generations
Find Out How Much Federal Education Aid Your State Could Lose
March 13, 2025 by EdTrust A 50-state scan of 2025 state budgets and the estimated new budget without federal education funding
A Scan of State Universal FAFSA Policies
February 26, 2025 by Our new report looks at the policies of states that have had, currently have, or will soon implement universal FAFSA policies and examines the impact of these policies on FAFSA submission and completion rates and enrollment among Pell Grant recipients
Latest from Our Blog
How One Texas College Uses Effective Data-Driven Strategies to Support Student-Parents
Student-parents have complicated lives. The College of Health Care Professions is meeting them where they are
10 Governors Agree with Trump and Want to Run Their Own Education System. But How Are Their States Doing?
March 27, 2025 by Ivy Morgan Republican governors from ten states attended Trump’s EO signing to dismantle the Dept. of Ed. But these states’ students perform poorly
Why Returning Education Entirely to the States is a Dangerous Proposition
March 20, 2025 by EdTrust Dismantling the Department of Education and returning education to the states will put all students in the U.S. at risk
Undocumented Students Are Living in Fear on College Campuses. The Effects of Campus Raids
March 19, 2025 by Sayda Martinez-Alvarado Amid ICE raids on college campuses, immigrant and undocumented students are living in fear for themselves and family members
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Latest from Our Press Room
Dismantling the Department of Education Will Have a Disastrous Impact on Civil Rights and Learning of Underserved Students
March 20, 2025 by EdTrust Statement from EdTrust
Coalition Letter in Support of Teacher Excellence System (TES)
March 19, 2025 by EdTrust in Texas EdTrust and the 12 undersigned organizations respectfully request that the Houston ISD board approve the Teacher Excellence System (TES)
The Continuing Resolution Is Not a Win for Students
March 14, 2025 by EdTrust Failure to specify funding priorities gives the Trump administration dangerous authority
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