The Equity Line contains original analyses, commentary, and “on the ground” stories of students, parents, educators, and activists all over the nation striving to improve education. It chronicles our efforts, as well as those of partners and friends who are working toward the shared goal of closing gaps.
Profiles in Education Equity: Jaleesa Jones, East Baton Rouge Parish School System
by Ed TrustJaleesa Jones has been a Louisiana resident for over 13 years and has served the students in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System (EBRPSS) in many capacit…
Build Back Better Act Is a Major Step Forward for Education Equity
by Reid SetzerThe Build Back Better Act contains several exciting and essential investments in early childhood education, school nutrition, higher education, and educator pr…
Strong Relationships are the Key to Understanding Students’ Experiences
Everybody remembers their best teacher. Mine is Dr. M, my graduate advisor and forever mentor. She’s someone I felt I could turn to for support, both academic …
How Schools Can Support Refugee Families and Students
The indelible images of Afghans hanging onto the wings of American airplanes at Kabul Airport and Haitians being whipped while attempting to cross the Rio Gran…
Understanding Students and Their Families Who Are Experiencing Homelessness or Housing Insecurity During a Pandemic
While COVID-19 has disrupted the lives of all students and their families, those experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity are particularly vulnerable. …
How Advocates Can Ensure ARP Funding Goes to the Students Who Need it the Most
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 f…
Preventing Suicide Amid a Pandemic
As if the deaths of nearly 700,000 Americans from COVID-19 weren’t depressing enough, the past two years have wreaked havoc on surviving Americans’ mental heal…
What’s the Big Deal with Statewide Assessments?
by Jessica MahoneyThe school year is underway — and educators, leaders and advocates are looking for data to make the most of learning time and to understand where to best alloc…
School Meals Are a Key Part of Educational Equity
As many as 1 in 6 kids struggle with a lack of access to food. A serious issue prior to the pandemic, food insecurity in schools has only gotten worse since th…
Students Are Back in School Buildings, But Things Are Not Back to Normal
Most of us remember having first-day-of-school jitters, but few of us have gone through what today’s students have experienced in the last two years. Students …
7 Questions to Ask Your District Leader About Where ARP Funds Are Going
Many students are returning to school after long-term school building closures. As a result, many advocates and families are concerned about children’s physica…
Not for the First Time, Nor the Last
In this final episode of the first season of Ed Trust’s new podcast, EdTrusted, Karin Chenoweth and Dr. Tanji Reed Marshall talk with two educational historian…
No Time for Silence
In this sixth episode of Ed Trust’s new podcast, EdTrusted, Ed Trust’s writer-in-residence Karin Chenoweth and P-12 director of practice Dr. Tanji Reed Marshal…
Profiles in Education Equity: Gray Sterling, Washington State Partnerships and Engagement Consultant
As a Black, first-generation, former low-income student, and the firstborn son of an immigrant mother from Mexico, Gray Sterling has dedicated his professional…
The CRT Moral Panic, Teacher Censorship, and Becoming the Thing You Hate
by Nate BowlingU.S. conservatives tend to rip China for its political indoctrination and surveillance state. They also frequently criticize states in the Middle East for bein…
Educating in an Age of Censorship
In this fifth episode of Ed Trust’s new podcast, EdTrusted, Ed Trust’s writer-in-residence Karin Chenoweth and P-12 director of practice Dr. Tanji Reed Marshal…
How Is Your School District Allocating Its Funds? New Data Lets Parents & Advocates See for Themselves.
by Ivy Morgan and Reetchel PresumeFor school leaders to administer a high-quality education, having money to secure valuable education resources makes a difference. For students to have a quali…
The Unbearable Discomfort of History
In this fourth episode of Ed Trust’s new podcast, EdTrusted, Ed Trust’s writer-in-residence Karin Chenoweth and director of practice Dr. Tanji Reed Marshall di…
What are Teachers Teaching?
Conversations surrounding Critical Race Theory and the wave of restrictive education legislation being pushed in many states frames teachers as radical leftist…
How Changing Racist Names of School Buildings and Mascots Affects School Climate
by Danielle BerryFor the past few years, the nation has been undergoing a racial reckoning. Among other efforts, this has resulted in many schools changing their names and masc…
