Even ‘high-performing’ schools leave some students behind, new study shows
Read moreWASHINGTON (April 27, 2011) - As the Senate prepares to mark up its version of the Elementary and Secondary…
Kati Haycock, president of The Education Trust, on NAEP 2009 High School Transcript Study
Read moreWASHINGTON (April 13, 2011)-- For years, our nation has been sounding an alarm about the need to ensure that…
Equity Agenda Advances on Capitol Hill
Read moreDespite the budget stalemate on Capitol Hill this week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is taking big steps to…
Testimony to the Commission on Effective Teachers and Teaching of the National Education Association
Read moreRichard LemonsVice President for K-12 Policy and PracticeThe Education TrustTestimony to the Commission on Effective Teachers and Teaching of…
Testimony by Ed Trust Vice President José Cruz to U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Read moreChairman Harkin, Ranking Member Enzi, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you…
Democrats For Education Reform and The Education Trust: ESEA reauthorization must be done right
Read moreWASHINGTON (March 9, 2011) - While we, like Secretary Duncan, believe that the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)…
Kati Haycock Delivers Testimony on ESEA Reauthorization to U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce
Read moreChairman Kline, Ranking Member Miller, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you…
Victims of the Churn: The Damaging Impact of California’s Teacher Layoff Policies on Schools, Students, and Communities in Three Large School Districts
Read moreWith school districts across California announcing budget cuts and plans for massive teacher layoffs, a new report by The…
Center for American Progress, The Education Trust urge strong teacher provisions for ESEA
Read moreWASHINGTON (February 23, 2011) Today, the Center for American Progress, or CAP, and The Education Trust released joint…
Education Hit by House Budget Cuts
Read moreA resolution to continue the federal government’s fiscal year 2011 funding passed in the U.S. House of Representatives early…
Essential Elements of Teacher Policy in ESEA: Effectiveness, Fairness, and Evaluation
Read moreCurrently, performance evaluation systems used to assess teachers in virtually every school system in the United States fail to…
Kati Haycock, president of The Education Trust, on “Pathways to Prosperity”
Read moreWASHINGTON (February 2, 2011) The authors of Pathways to Prosperity have long track records of caring a lot…
States can close the achievement gap by decade’s end, New Education Trust state and national achievement gap analysis
Read more(Washington, D.C.) A new analysis by The Education Trust reveals that achievement gaps in many states would shrink…
Statement from The Education Trust on the 2009 NAEP science results
Read moreWASHINGTON (January 25, 2011) -- Tonight, President Obama's State of the Union address will focus on the need to…
Getting It Done
Read moreGetting It Done turns to the crucial issue of school leadership, exploring how school principals have led improvements in…
Shut Out of The Military: More than one in five recent high school graduates is not academically qualified to enlist in the U.S. Army
Read moreFirst-Ever Public Analysis of National and State Data From the U.S. Armed Forces’ Entrance Exam Shows That Today’s High School…
Shut Out of the Military: Today’s High School Education Doesn’t Mean You’re Ready for Today’s Army
Read moreIn “Shut Out of the Military,” the first-ever public analysis of the Army’s Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB),…
Education Trust analysis of 2009 PISA results: United States is average in performance, but leads the world in inequity
Read moreTo close America’s global achievement gap, focus on gaps within our own bordersWASHINGTON (December 10, 2010) - Despite near-continuous…
Subprime Opportunity: high dividends, low baccalaureates at for-profit colleges
Read moreWASHINGTON (November 23, 2010) Three years after the U.S. housing market collapse, our country continues to suffer the…
Subprime Opportunity: The Unfulfilled Promise of For-Profit Colleges and Universities*
Read moreThree years after the U.S. housing market collapse, our country continues to suffer the effects of misplaced priorities and…