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Kati Haycock, president of The Education Trust, on the State and Local Funding Flexibility Act
Read moreWASHINGTON (July 12, 2011) - "Under the guise of 'increased flexibility' for local educators and policymakers, the latest bill…
Statement from The Education Trust on the new NCES study examining the Latino-White achievement gap
Read moreWASHINGTON (June 23, 2011) Todays report from the National Center for Education Statistics shows that the hard work…
José Cruz, Vice President of The Education Trust, on the ‘Gainful Employment’ Regulation
Read moreWASHINGTON (June 2, 2011) - The Obama administration's new "gainful employment" regulation is a disappointing stumble on America's path…
Priced Out: How the Wrong Financial-Aid Policies Hurt Low-Income Students
Read moreIn “Priced Out: How the Wrong Financial-Aid Policies Hurt Low-Income Students,” The Education Trust demonstrates how much low-income students…
High College Costs, Low Aid Burden Struggling Families
Read moreA report released today by The Education Trust documents how the financial-aid policies of colleges, universities, states, and the…
Unprecedented study on the real cost of college shows low-income students have few choices
Read moreCollege costs are skyrocketing. Yet as the report shows, those rising costs, coupled with shifting aid policies which…
Stuck Schools Revisited: Beneath the Averages
Read more“Stuck Schools Revisited: Beneath the Averages” shows why a national focus on turning around the lowest performing schools, while…
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…