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Joint Letter Opposing HR 5894 the FY24 House Labor-HHS-Ed Appropriations Bill
Dear Member of Congress:The 54 undersigned education, civil rights, immigration, and other advocacy organizations write to oppose H.R. 5894, the House FY24 Lab…
Students at PWIs Don’t Feel Welcome on Campus
CONTACT: Ameshia CrossACross@edtrust.org312-339-6930EdTrust Report Examines How Colleges’ Anti-DEI Policies Affect Campus Racial ClimateWASHINGTON – Amid the b…
New Report Finds Our Nation’s Most Selective Colleges and Universities Already Don’t Have Diverse Enough Student Bodies, Hurting the U.S. Labor Force
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Ameshia Crossacross@edtrust.org312-339-6930Ed Trust urges universi…
Joint Statement from Education, Civil Rights, and Immigration Advocates on the FY 2024 House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill
As education, civil rights, and immigration organizations focused on the success of marginalized students, we work to ensure all of our nation’s students have …
The Education Trust’s Comment on the Department of Education’s Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Student Debt Cancellation
July 20, 2023Vanessa Gomez,U.S. Department of Education,400 Maryland Ave., SW, Room 2C179Washington, DC 20202RE: On behalf of The Education Trust, an organi…
The Education Trust Says that the Supreme Court Delivered Two Right Hooks to Economic and Racial Justice
CONTACT: Ameshia Cross across@edtrust.org312-339-6930 The Education Trust Says that the Supreme Court Delivered Two Right Hooks to Economic and Racial Justice …
The Education Trust Calls the Supreme Court’s Student Debt Relief Ruling a Setback to Economic and Racial Justice
Contact: Ameshia Cross across@edtrust.org312-339-6930 The Education Trust Calls the Supreme Court’s Student Debt Relief Ruling a Setback to Economic and Racial…
The Education Trust Calls for Affirmative Action Advocates to Forge Ahead to Dismantle Barriers to Higher Education Despite Regressive Supreme Court Decision
CONTACT:Ameshia Crossacross@edtrust.org312-339-6930 The Education Trust Calls for Affirmative Action Advocates to Forge Ahead to Dismantle Barriers to Hi…
Ed Trust Is Disappointed by the Senate’s Actions to Dismantle the Biden Administration’s Student Debt Relief Plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 1, 2023CONTACT:media@edtrust.org202-731-9582Ed Trust Is Disappointed by the Senate’s Actions to Dismantlethe Biden Administration’s S…
The House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill Boosts Educational Equity Through Much Needed Targeted Investments
WASHINGTON (July 16, 2021) – “Ed Trust appreciates the much needed, targeted investments proposed in the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill approved…
Paying Colleges to Boost Student Success Could Work – If States Get It Right
Washington (April 1, 2021) – While more than 30 states have adopted some form of outcomes-based funding for public colleges and universities, extreme dispariti…
Equity-Focused “Free College” Movement Picks Up Steam
WASHINGTON – Before COVID-19 threw a wrench in the gears of the U.S. economy, the equity-focused free college movement was picking up steam in the states. The …
The Education Trust Comments to U.S. Department of Education on their Interim Final Rule Regarding Equitable Services
Amy HuberU.S. Department of Education,400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 3W219Washington, DC 20202 RE: CARES Act Programs; Equitable Services to Students and Teache…
Civil Rights and Education Leaders on the Need to Protect the Highest Need Schools and Students in the Next Stimulus Bill
In response to the relief package proposed by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Lamar Alexander, and Senator Roy Blunt, we join together to issue the fo…
Joint Letter to Texas Congressional Delegation Calling for Additional Federal Relief to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Texas Congressional DelegationUnited States CongressWashington, D.C. Dear Members of the Texas Congressional Delegation:As Texas continues to respond to the …
Top public colleges say, “Black Lives Matter,” but do they enroll Black — or Latino — students?
Washington – While the COVID-19 pandemic and the killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others have shined a b…
John B. King Jr. Testimony Before U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor Concerning Racial Inequity During COVID-19
United States House Committee on Education and Labor“Inequities Exposed: How COVID-19 Widened Racial Inequities in Education, Health, and the Workforce”OPENING…
DACA Supreme Court Decision Protects Dreamers, But the Fight Continues
WASHINGTON (June 18, 2020) – Today, John B. King Jr., president and CEO of The Education Trust, issued the following statement:"Today's decision is a victory n…
Trump Vetoes Measure to Restore Student Loan Borrower Rights
WASHINGTON (June 1, 2020) – Today, Wil Del Pilar, vice president for higher education at The Education Trust, issued the following statement:“President Trump’s…
John B. King Jr. Testimony On FY 2020 Funding Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
Written Testimony for the RecordOn behalf of John B. King Jr.President and CEOThe Education TrustBefore the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health…