Upcoming Events
Equity-Driven • Data-Centered • Student-Focused
In our mission to promote high academic achievement for all students at all levels, we host events around the country to learn from, inform, and empower educators, advocates, parents, and policy makers.
Check out any of our upcoming events, or browse back through our past events for summaries and available materials.
School Funding Policy in Challenging Times: Tools for Advocates & Policymakers
As states and school districts across the country face significant financial challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we want to ensure decisionmakers and advo…
Supporting Student Success in Higher Education in the Time of COVID-19
On May 19, Ed Trust’s hosted a webinar on supporting student success in higher education in the time of COVID-19. As colleges have moved courses online, many s…
Helping All Students Access Learning Opportunities During School Closures
On May 7th, The Education Trust, Digital Promise, the Migration Policy Institute, and the National Center for Learning Disabilities co-hosted a webinar on Help…
Hill Briefing: Black Student Debt
Did you miss our event? No worries you can watch a recording of the live stream below. Enjoy! JTNDc2NyaXB0JTIwdHlwZSUzRCUyN3RleHQlMkZqYXZhc2NyaXB0JTI3JTIwc3…
Hill Briefing: Accountability for Student Success in Higher Education
As Congress looks to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, questions remain as to how to hold institutions of higher education accountable for promoting studen…
Social Mobility, Race, and Higher Education
The TIAA Institute and The Education Trust hosted a fast-paced, interactive event in Washington, D.C., focused on social mobility, race, and higher education. …
Educational Justice: Centering the Voices and Experiences of Incarcerated Individuals
High-quality education in prison has the power to change the lives of those who are incarcerated. Yet all too often, those who are justice-impacted are absent …
Finding the Money for School Improvement: ESSA’s Resource Allocation Reviews
Implementing school improvement strategies will require districts to rethink how they use resources — money, people, and time. Watch this pre-recorded webinar …
Establishing a Safe and Supportive School Climate
It’s hard to overstate the importance of a positive school climate for both students and adults. Sometimes, however, we act as if the climate of a school is a …
Preparing, Hiring, and Supporting Strong Leaders for School Improvement
Improvement in the absence of talented school leadership is practically unheard of. But district leaders routinely struggle to find principals who are prepared…
Recruiting, Assigning, and Retaining Strong Educators
In a recent webinar, we talked about the critical role state leaders can play in eliminating disparities in access to strong teachers and diversifying the teac…
Expanding Access to High-Quality Early Childhood Programs
High-quality early learning programs have long-term benefits for children. However, the children who can most benefit from these programs often have the least …
Ensuring Rigorous Learning for All Students
Improving the quality of instruction that students receive and the learning experiences they have access to must be at the core of any school improvement effor…
Keeping Kids on Track: Early Warning and Intervention Systems
Research shows that catching students who are falling off track early and providing them with appropriate supports and interventions is critical. But too often…
School Improvement Under ESSA: What You Need to Know to Engage
Results of recent school improvement efforts have been, at best, mixed. Although some schools and districts have made substantial gains, in too many places, st…
Unpacking Chicago’s Educational Gains: Lessons in Scaling
Amidst a lot of dreary education news, a quietly released study from last fall revealed a surprising bright spot: From 2009 to 2014, Chicago public school stud…
Second Equity in Motion: Growing All Students Through High-Quality Assignments
Equity in Motion Practitioner Convening July 18-20, New Orleans, LAStudents can do no better than the assignments we give them. But what makes a rich, hi…
ESSA Boot Camp II: Advocating for Equity and Achievement in ESSA Implementation
“ESSA Boot Camp II: Advocating for Equity and Achievement in ESSA Implementation” was a continuation of our conversations from Chicago and Baltimore about deve…
ESSA Boot Camp: Advancing Education Equity and Excellence
“ESSA Boot Camp I: Advocating for Equity and Achievement” is the first part of a 2-part boot camp series on how to advocate for school accountability systems t…
ESSA Boot Camp: Advancing Education Equity and Excellence
This inaugural boot camp brought together diverse state advocates — from business, civil rights, disability, social justice, and education reform communities —…
