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Maryland Alliance for Racial Equity in Education (MAREE) Releases Recommendations for Implementing Kirwan to Close Racial Equity Gaps
Read moreWe are the Maryland Alliance for Racial Equity in Education (MAREE), a coalition of education advocacy, civil rights, and…

Mariel Novas
Read moreMariel supports the Massachusetts Education Equity Partnership, where she manages partner recruitment and engagement, drives coalition operations, and helps…

Inequities in Advanced Coursework
Read moreBlack and Latino students across the country experience inequitable access to advanced coursework opportunities. They are locked out of…

Advanced Coursework in Your State
Read moreThe data in this tool examines whether Black and Latino students are fairly represented in advanced courses, in each…

Black and Latino Students Shut Out of Advanced Coursework Opportunities
Read moreWASHINGTON – Black and Latino students across the country have unequal access to advanced coursework, which means they often…

Getting To & Through College: The Benefits of Taking Advanced Coursework
Read moreColleges are the pipeline to good jobs and the middle class, yet for many students of color and students…

Sergio Lopez
Read moreAs senior associate of state and national partnerships, Sergio leads the development of coalitions and strategic partnerships with state-based…

Jaime Ramirez-Mendoza
Read moreJaime is a policy analyst on the higher education policy team, where he works with partners and experts to…

Panel Discussion on “Systems to Build Knowledge”
Read moreTo talk about the lessons we can learn from Valley Stream 30 (episode #6), Ed Trust brought together Jeffrey…

Valley Stream 30: Systems to Build Knowledge
Read moreValley Stream 30 is just over the Nassau County line from Queens, New York, and has attracted a diverse…

Shattering Expectations at the High End of Achievement
Read moreOur Shattering Expectations initiative examines how our nation’s schools are serving high-achieving students of color and students from low-income…

Getting To & Through College: “If It’s Not Paid For, I’m Not Going”
Read moreMeet Sancia Celestin, a senior at George Mason University. Raised by her mother, a Haitian immigrant who works 12-hour…

How Affordable Are Public Colleges in Your State?
Read moreFor millions of college-going students, one of the most urgent concerns is the rising cost of college and how…

Hasan Minhaj is Right: Public Colleges Today Force Students to Take on Debt or Work Too Much
Read moreWASHINGTON (December 17, 2019) — The idea that students from low-income backgrounds can work their way through college with…

ExtraOrdinary Districts: Discussion of Seaford, Delaware
Read moreTo talk about the progress Seaford has made in the last few years (episode #4) Ed Trust brought together…

Panel Discussion on “Fast Improvement in Delaware”
Read moreTo talk about the progress Seaford has made in the last few years (episode #4) Ed Trust brought together…

11 Questions Equity Advocates have for the 2020 Presidential Candidates
Read moreIf you’ve followed the 2020 Democratic debates thus far, you know that education issues have only scratched the nationally…

Congress Finalizes Bipartisan Higher Education Deal
Read moreWASHINGTON (December 11, 2019) – Today, Denise Forte, vice president of partnerships and engagement at The Education Trust, issued…