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The Education Trust and MetLife Foundation announce the formation of a National Center for Transforming School Counseling
(Las Vegas, NV) Today, The Education Trust and MetLife Foundation announced the formation of the EdTrust/MetLife Foundation National Center for Transforming Sc…
Testimony of Kati Haycock, President, The Education Trust Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness
Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to testify before you today on the number one ingredient of high achievement: quality…
The unfinished business of Brown v. Board of Education
(Washington, DC) On the eve of the 49th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision ending legalized segregation in public schools, The …
The ABCs of “AYP” raising achievement for all students
(Washington, DC) The Education Trust released today a brief report detailing the basic principles and core requirements of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) t…
Implementing NCLB in California: One step forward, three steps back? Confusion about the new law threatens advances for students
(Oakland, CA) - The California State Board of Education rightly decided last week to hold steadfast to our states high standards for the lower grades, but a …
Kati Haycock, director of The Education Trust, on the release of Quality Counts 2003: “Ensuring a Highly Qualified Teacher for Every Classroom”
(Washington, DC) - "This year's Quality Counts provides a terrific overview of the most damaging practice in American education: assigning the least prepared t…
The Education Trust among the 100 Best Charities featured in Worth Magazine
(Washington, D.C.) -- The Education Trust has been named one of Americas Best Charities by Worth Magazine in its December/January 2003 issue. According to Wor…
The Education Trust honors pioneers in school counseling reform
(Washington, DC) The Education Trust has honored six universities for their work in transforming school counseling programs both in higher education and in …
Add It Up: Mathematics in the U.S. does not compute
(Washington, DC) - A report released today by The Education Trust marshals findings from several large-scale studies of mathematics achievement - both nationa…
ALL TALK, NO ACTION: Putting an end to out-of-field teaching
(Washington, DC) - A report released today by The Education Trust offers the first available state-by-state analysis of the newest federal data on the percent…
New school finance data analysis shows deep inequities, but gaps in some states decreasing
(Washington, DC) - The Education Trust today released a new report documenting large funding gaps between high- and low-poverty and -minority districts in many…
States can close the achievement gap by decade’s end, New Education Trust state and national achievement gap analysis
(Washington, D.C.) – A new analysis by The Education Trust reveals that achievement gaps in many states would shrink dramatically – and in some cases disappear…
Statement of Kati Haycock, Director of The Education Trust, on the New RAND Issue Paper
(Washington, D.C.) - "The new RAND issue paper offers an incomplete and misleading picture of the performance of Texas students on the National Assessment of E…
Statement of Kati Haycock, Director of The Education Trust, on the Release of the NAEP 1999 Trends Report
(Washington, D.C.) -- "The data released today is disappointing - especially for students of color and their parents - but hardly surprising," said Kati Haycoc…
Response of The Education Trust to the Release of the NRC Interim Report on Teacher Licensing Tests
(Washington, D.C.) - Tests and Teaching Quality: Interim Report released today by the National Research Council adds little to the national discussion of teach…
Study Finds In Most States, for Most Students, A High School Diploma is a Ticket to Nowhere: How the Gap Between Leaving High School and Entering College and High Performance Jobs Shortchanges American Students
(Washington, D.C.) - According to a report released today by The Education Trust, high school requirements in many states are not sufficiently rigorous to prep…
The Education Trust Issues Challenge to Key Education Leaders: Help Close the Teaching Talent Gap Now
(Washington, D.C.) In a December 1 letter, Kati Haycock, director of The Education Trust, invited 15 national education leaders to join in a national effort to…
Ed Trust Letter to House Education Committee Leaders Supporting the Bi-Partisan Title I Agreement
The Honorable William GoodlingChairmanHouse Committee on Education and the WorkforceUnited States House of RepresentativesWashington, DC 20515The Honorable Wil…
Study Finds Teacher Licensure Tests are Mostly High School Level: If This Is All We Expect Teachers to Know, Why do We Make Them go to College?
(Washington, D.C.) A report released today by The Education Trust decries the fact that many states grant teaching licenses without requiring that individuals …
Education Trust Report — They Can and They Do: Low-Income Students and High Academic Achievement
(Washington, D.C.) - Two documents released today by The Education Trust make it clear that the achievement gap that separates low-income students from other s…