OPINION: Congress needs to ensure adequate and equitable education funding in relief package
August 06, 2020 by Gini Pupo-Walker As you read this, policymakers in Washington are working on essential legislation in response to our ongoing public health crisis and staggering economic downturn. If Congress does not allocate additional…
Joint Comments from Civil Rights and Education Advocates on U.S. Department of Education Rules for CARES Act Relief Funds Distribution
July 30, 2020 by EdTrust The Honorable Betsy DeVos Secretary U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20202 Re: Docket ID ED-2020-OESE-0091, Comments in Response to Interim Final Rule on CARES Act…
The Education Trust Comments to U.S. Department of Education on their Interim Final Rule Regarding Equitable Services
July 30, 2020 by Ary Amerikaner Amy Huber U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 3W219 Washington, DC 20202 Full Letter RE: CARES Act Programs; Equitable Services to Students and Teachers in Non-Public Schools…
Joint Letter to Texas Congressional Delegation Calling for Additional Federal Relief to the Coronavirus Pandemic
July 21, 2020 by EdTrust Texas Congressional Delegation United States Congress Washington, D.C. Download the Full Letter Dear Members of the Texas Congressional Delegation: As Texas continues to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, providing adequate…
The Education Trust Comments to U.S. Department of Education on Eligibility of Students for Relief Funds Under the CARES Act
July 17, 2020 by Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D. Gaby Watts U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 258-02 Washington, D.C. 20202-2241 Download the Letter RE: Comments on Eligibility of Students at Institutions of Higher Education…
What Did We Hear? What Did We Learn?
July 01, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. In a lively conversation, Tanji Reed Marshall and Karin Chenoweth wrap up Season 3, ExtraOrdinary Districts in Extraordinary Times, by talking through what they have heard from school and district…
We’ve Been Planning, Planning, Planning.
June 29, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. “If we’re face-to-face, we’ll be pretty good with that. If we’re remote, we’re 80% there,” says superintendent Corey Miklus in Seaford, Delaware, about the upcoming fall semester. “The real question…
We Need to Know the Impact of School Closures in Tennessee on Student Learning
June 25, 2020 by Gini Pupo-Walker You can’t fix what you can’t see. It wasn’t that long ago that our systemic failures to serve students from low-income backgrounds, students of color, English learners, and students with…
Schools That Already Had Cohesive Cultures Did the Best.
June 24, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. Dr. Sonja Santelises joins ExtraOrdinary Districts in Extraordinary Times to discusses the Black Lives Matter protests and the decisions she faces as superintendent of Baltimore in planning for the return…