How Trump 2.0 Upended Education Research and Statistics in One Year
December 03, 2025 by Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report Decades of carefully built infrastructure aimed at improving and tracking how American children learn vanished in an ideological attack
American Students and Their Families Should Not Have to Suffer nor Sacrifice Their Basic Needs Inside and Outside the Classroom
October 31, 2025 by EdTrust Statement From EdTrust on the Impacts of the Federal Government Shutdown
Joint Comment on the Secretary’s proposed priority and definitions on Meaningful Learning Opportunities
October 28, 2025 by EdTrust Two organizations share feedback on Secretary’s McMahon’s proposed supplemental priority and definitions on Meaningful Learning Opportunities
Joint Statement on OESE/OCR Cuts
October 22, 2025 by EdTrust Advocates reiterate calls to reverse layoffs of Department of Education employees
Joint Comment on Secretary’s Supplemental Priority and Definitions on Promoting Patriotic Education
October 21, 2025 by EdTrust Twelve organizations share feedback with the U.S. Department of Education regarding the Secretary's Supplemental Priority and Definitions on Promoting Patriotic Education
2 Executive Orders That Hinder School Discipline Progress and Civil Rights
June 25, 2025 by Kathryn E. Wiley Two executive orders target K-12 school discipline for Black students and other underserved students, even though they are disciplined more than their white peers
Testimony of Denise Forte on Senate FY26 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill
June 16, 2025 by EdTrust On behalf of EdTrust, a national nonprofit committed to advancing policies and practices to dismantle the racial and economic barriers embedded in the American education system, thank you for the opportunity to present testimony on the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (L-HHS-ED) Appropriations bill.
VIDEO: Trump’s Chaotic Carnival Ride for Students
June 02, 2025 by EdTrust Ever since Donald Trump took office on January 20, 2025, he and his administration have enacted harmful education policies that put our nation’s students at risk
The Hidden Costs of School Voucher Programs: A Community’s Story
May 28, 2025 by Nadia Taylor A teacher in DC has seen firsthand how school voucher programs can unravel the very fabric of a community and leave students behind