The Education Trust works with a diverse coalition of advocates and partners across the state of Maryland to:
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Jeff Strand
Read moreOriginally from Minneapolis, Jeff left his role as a Special Education teacher in 2018 because he found that the…

Mary Cypress Metz
Read moreMary Cypress Metz serves as the Vice President of Strategy for SCORE, where she leads thinking on the organization’s…

Lisa Wiltshire
Read moreLisa is the Executive Director for the Early Learning Collaborative (“ELC”) and the Family Care Network of Middle Tennessee…

ExtraOrdinary Districts – Season 4 is Coming!
Read moreThe Education Trust is about to launch Season 4 of ExtraOrdinary Districts.In our first two seasons we provided in-depth…

‘A Battle for the Souls of Black Girls’
Read moreIn a story on the New York Times, Erica L. Green, Mark Walker and Eliza Shapiro report on how…

Building Back for Equity: Guidance to Inform 2021 Early Childhood Grantmaking
Read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated longstanding systemic and structural inequities in early childhood, particularly for Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and…
Special Occasion Donation Page
Read moreAs America grapples with a long legacy of racial injustice inside and outside the classroom, we know this to…

Joint Testimony By Education, Criminal Justice Reform, and Civil Rights Advocates to Texas House Public Education Committee on Interim Charge 1(F) of SB 11
Read moreSUBMITTED BYAlycia Castillo, Texas Criminal Justice CoalitionJonathan Feinstein, The Education Trust in TexasAndrew Hairston, Texas AppleseedChloe Latham Sikes…

Jonathan C. W. Davis
Read moreJonathan is a senior research associate on the P-12 Research team. In this role, he supports, develops, and executes…

U.S. House Heroes Update Contains Essential Relief for Students and Schools
Read moreWASHINGTON – “The updated Heroes Act would issue much needed relief to students, borrowers, educators, schools, and colleges, as well…

Profile in Education Equity: Kristen Smith
Read moreKristen Smith is the Louisiana director of programs and organizing for Leadership for Educational Equity, a nonprofit leadership development organization…

Ed Trust Applauds Inclusion of Critical Nutrition Assistance Programs in House Continuing Resolution
Read moreStatement from John B. King Jr., Ed Trust president and CEO, on the House’s passage of H.R. 8337: “We…

The Education Trust Letter to Congressional Leadership Regarding Expanding Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs
Read moreThe Honorable Nancy PelosiSpeaker of the HouseUnited States House of RepresentativesH-232 The CapitolWashington, DC 20515The Honorable Mitch McConnellMajority …

‘Help me, so I can help you.’ Tennessee college students call for greater empathy during the pandemic
Read moreWilliam Collins remembers exactly where he was last semester when his college, Fisk University, announced it was stopping in-person…

School Reopening Plan – Episode 1 – It Takes a Village – July 9, 2020
Read moreAs we prepare for the Fall 2020 school year, we will discuss parents’ experiences during school closures from the…
