Educators of Color Make the Case for Teacher Diversity
November 15, 2022 by Ed Trust While the majority of U.S students are children of color, only 20% of teachers are people of color. What’s…
A School District Guide to Advocating for Equity in American Rescue Plan Spending
October 27, 2022 by Ed Trust Since March 2021, school district leaders have been developing and implementing plans to spend their “ARP dollars,” that is,…
How States Are Using Federal Funds to Solve Teacher Shortages
October 12, 2022 by Ed Trust New report from The Education Trust highlights promising practices used to invest in teacher recruitment and retention WASHINGTON, D.C. – As students headed back to school this fall, there were…
How States Can Use American Rescue Plan Funding and Federal Grants to Support Teacher Diversity
October 11, 2022 by Ed Trust All students, regardless of race or ethnicity, benefit from having a racially and culturally diverse teacher workforce, and the…
Promising Practices: Smart State Strategies for Building Intensive Tutoring Systems
February 18, 2022 by Ed Trust In May 2021, The Education Trust, Education Reform Now, and FutureEd published State Guidance for High-Impact Tutoring to help…
Recommendations for State Leaders to Advance Equity Using Funds from the American Rescue Plan
May 18, 2021 by Ed Trust The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted education for all students, but has hit students from vulnerable and systemically neglected populations…
5 Questions to Ask Districts About How They Will Use New Federal Funding to Support Students
May 06, 2021 by Ed Trust The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act provides almost $125 billion for education, including at least $109 billion that goes…
What the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Means for Texas
March 22, 2021 by Jonathan Feinstein On March 11, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) into law, providing $1.9 trillion…