Educators of Color Make the Case for Teacher Diversity
November 15, 2022 by EdTrust 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 EdTrust Since March 2021, school district leaders have been developing and implementing plans to spend their “ARP dollars,” that is,…
How States Can Use American Rescue Plan Funding and Federal Grants to Support Teacher Diversity
October 11, 2022 by EdTrust All students, regardless of race or ethnicity, benefit from having a racially and culturally diverse teacher workforce, and the…
Leading the Way
May 16, 2022 by Karin Chenoweth In Episode 3, leaders in two states explain how they are using ESSER funds to pursue statewide improvement efforts. In Delaware, recently retired state superintendent, Dr. Susan Bunting, along with…
Promising Practices: Smart State Strategies for Building Intensive Tutoring Systems
February 18, 2022 by EdTrust In May 2021, The Education Trust, Education Reform Now, and FutureEd published State Guidance for High-Impact Tutoring to help…
How Advocates Can Ensure American Rescue Plan Funding Goes to the Students Who Need it the Most
October 04, 2021 by Reetchel Presume Back-to-school season is usually accompanied by a spirit of optimism — and advocates have a reason to be hopeful. Bolstered by resources from COVID-19 relief funding, system leaders have a…
How The American Rescue Plan Can Help States Advance Educational Equity
June 02, 2021 by Allison Rose Socol, Ph.D. The federal government has made an unprecedented investment in education. The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act provides almost $130 billion for education, and the amount of funding each state and…
Let’s Not Forget About English Learners: Targeting Resources From the American Rescue Plan for Their Needs
May 26, 2021 by Terra Wallin, Rosario Quiroz Villarreal, Roxanne Garza School districts are currently faced with a tremendous opportunity: to determine how to use over $125 billion of federal funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act to ensure students…
Recommendations for State Leaders to Advance Equity Using Funds from the American Rescue Plan
May 18, 2021 by EdTrust The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted education for all students, but has hit students from vulnerable and systemically neglected populations…