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Letter from The Education Trust on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Read moreDear Conferee:We agree with the President that there is no time to lose in enacting the American Recovery and…
Statement from The Education Trust on the education provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Read moreWASHINGTON (February 5, 2009) Our nations educators and students are making important progress. Achievement is rising and the…
Kati Haycock, president of The Education Trust, on the announcement of the intent to nominate Russlynn Ali as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
Read moreWASHINGTON (February 4, 2009) - "I could not be more delighted by today's announcement of the intent to nominate…
How It’s Being Done
Read moreIn addition to a careful analysis of why Massachusetts leads the nation in academic performance, HOW It's Being Done…
The New Vision for School Counselors: Scope of the Work
Read moreWork Ready, College Ready, Same PreparationNCTSC Mission StatementThe National Center for Transforming School Counseling promotes a new vision of…
No Accounting for Fairness: Equitable Education Funding
Read more"No Accounting for Fairness" examines funding patterns in Ohio's 14 largest school systems by looking at publicly available school-level…
NO ACCOUNTING FOR FAIRNESS: Additional federal and state funds intended for Ohio’s low-income students often don’t reach the state’s highest poverty schools
Read moreIn Some Schools, These Inequities Can Mean a Difference of Tens of Thousands, and Sometimes Hundreds of Thousands, of…
Kati Haycock, president of The Education Trust, on the release of 2007 TIMSS data
Read moreWASHINGTON (December 9, 2008) - American students do reasonably well when compared to students in the total pool of…
CORE PROBLEMS: Out-of-field teaching persists in key academic courses, especially in America’s high-poverty and high-minority schools
Read moreWASHINGTON (November 25, 2008) In Americas secondary schools, low-income students and students of color are about twice as…
Core Problems*
Read moreLearn about how out-of-field teaching persists in key academic courses in high-poverty and high-minority schools. Published: November 20, 2008…
Measures that Matter: Making college and career readiness the mission for America’s high schools
Read moreWASHINGTON (November 20, 2008) America's young people are being woefully underprepared for life after high school. While the…
Measures that Matter – Making College and Career Readiness the Mission for America’s High Schools
Read moreThis report is part of a joint, ongoing effort by Achieve and The Education Trust to provide strategic and…
Four U.S. schools to be honored with The Education Trust’s Dispelling the Myth Award
Read moreWASHINGTON (November 11, 2008) - On Thursday, November 13 in Washington, D.C., The Education Trust will present the sixth…
“Counting on Graduation”: Most states are setting low expectations for the improvement of high school graduation rates
Read moreWASHINGTON (October 23, 2008) Among industrialized nations, the United States is the only country in which todays young…
Counting on Graduation*
Read moreThis report shows how most state accountability systems still exhibit a surprising indifference toward improving the high school graduation…
EdTrust Opposes NCLB Recess Until Reauthorization Act
Read moreJune 20, 2008United States House of RepresentativesWashington DC, 20515Re: Opposition to NCLB Recess Until Reauthorization ActDear Representative:Fixing Americ…
An open letter to Senator Ted Kennedy from American educators and advocates
Read moreDear Senator Kennedy,Nobody has fought harder for America's children than you have.For more than 40 years, you have consistently…
The Education Trust re-releases College Results with new data
Read moreCollege Results Online: www.collegeresults.orgWashington On campuses large and small in every part of America, proud parents are snapping photos…
Joint statement on the 25th anniversary of “A Nation at Risk”
Read moreWASHINGTON (April 26, 2008) - As we mark the 25th anniversary of "A Nation at Risk," the spotlight is…
Statement from The Education Trust on NAEP 2007 writing results
Read moreWASHINGTON (April 3, 2008) -- Results from the 2007 NAEP writing assessment for grades 8 and 12, released today…