Category: Pandemic Recovery

How States Can Use American Rescue Plan Funding and Federal Grants to Support Teacher Diversity

files October 11, 2022 by EdTrust

All students, regardless of race or ethnicity, benefit from having a racially and culturally diverse teacher workforce, and the…

A Snapshot of English Learner Student Performance During the Pandemic

article-cropped September 28, 2022 by Jazmin Flores Peña

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused massive disruptions to student learning, as well as statewide assessments. Students have faced barriers to learning and engaging in schools, which has resulted in decreased…

NAEP Results Show Dismal Learning Loss Due to Pandemic. What Can Be Done?

article-cropped September 01, 2022 by Allison Rose Socol, Ph.D.

Today, the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) long-term trend scores in reading and math were released — the first national assessment of student learning trends during the pandemic. And…

July 2022 Update: Addressing Unfinished Learning, Student Debt, Justice-Impacted Students, and More

article-cropped July 15, 2022 by Denise Forte

In Washington D.C. and across the country, Ed Trust has helped steer the nation’s attention on the scale and scope of unfinished learning due to the pandemic. And with nearly…

Charting a Path to COVID Recovery for All Young People

June 07, 2022 by EdTrust

Across our nation, educators, school and district leaders, families, and students are focused on the difficult task of COVID recovery — working to keep children safe, address the losses caused…

Addressing Learning Needs

article-cropped May 09, 2022 by Karin Chenoweth

In Episode 2, we sit down with Tricia McManus, superintendent of Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools, who says that her district is making the most of its relief money by using…

Creating More Equitable Schools Amid a Pandemic. Yes, it Can Be Done!

article-cropped May 04, 2022 by Josh Parrish

The last big shock to the educational system before the COVID-19 pandemic was the Great Recession of 2008, which decimated K-12 budgets, cost 300,000 jobs across the U.S. public education…

How are Schools & Districts Using the Money That the Federal Government Has Provided to Help Them Get Through the COVID Crisis?

article-cropped April 13, 2022 by Karin Chenoweth

Are you wondering how school districts are spending the money the federal government sent them to get through the COVID crisis? Karin Chenoweth, a writer-in-residence at The Education Trust, has…

The President’s FY23 Budget Request Recommits to Transformational Educational Priorities

newspaper March 28, 2022 by Denise Forte

WASHINGTON (March 28, 2022) – Today, The Education Trust released the following statement from Denise Forte, interim CEO of The Education Trust, on the Biden-Harris administration’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget request:…