More on Black Student Success: What It Means to Be at the Top of Our List
Over the last few years, Ed Trust has released several reports on graduation rates and gaps for low-income students…
Exhuming Potential in Our Children
“You know, there’s one place that all the people with the greatest potential are gathered. One place and that’s…
Ensuring All Students Count in School Ratings
This post first appeared on the PIE Network's website, where they invited us and others to answer the question: Without ESSA…
Statement From John B. King, CEO and President of The Education Trust on Trump’s “Skinny” Budget
WASHINGTON (03/16/17) – Today, John B. King, CEO and President of The Education Trust issued this statement on the…
On Mission and Movements: John King’s First Day at Ed Trust
For two decades Ed Trust staff and education advocates all over the country have been motivated by a guiding…
Academic Progress in Today’s World: What Students Need
As a first-grade teacher in Chicago, I believe that every brain should have the opportunity to learn. I am…
In the Classroom, Experience Is Two-Fold
We already know that low-income children, children of color, and English learners are more likely to be assigned to…
Here Are Some Schools You Should Visit, Secretary DeVos
On one of her first days on the job, Betsy DeVos did what any U.S. Secretary of Education might…
Between the Echoes: What Real Classroom Engagement Sounds Like
An offshoot of Ed Trust’s Echoes From the Gap series, drawing stories of students from behind the statistics, this…
DeVos Hearing: What We Heard and What We Didn’t
Last night, education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos did what advocates are supposed to do: Point out a problem and…
Martin Luther King Jr.: The Chief Aim of Education Is to Save Man From the Morass of Propaganda
This post first appeared at the Huffington Post.Many of the civil rights movement’s demands had to do with the…
What We’ll Be Listening for in Betsy DeVos’ Confirmation Hearing
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Betsy DeVos for U.S. Secretary of Education, and on Jan. 17, she will appear…
PISA Headlines Are More Complicated Than They Seem
Over the past week, we’ve seen two big headlines emerge about the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)…
A Teachable Moment in Deeply Troubled America
"Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them." —…
Pushing, Prodding, and Cajoling Our Country Toward Educational Justice — Even Amidst Alarming Times
This first appeared on Huffington Post.Count me among those who have been deeply worried about what the next four…
Update: So What Is PISA, and What’s All of the Fuss About?
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is one of the best ways — one of the only ways,…
Celebrate Grad Rates, Yes, But Don’t Sit Back Just Yet
Each year, millions of students enter ninth-grade to begin their final stretch toward earning a high school diploma. Four…
#TeachDiverse: Black Teachers for More Than Just Black Students
UPDATED 8/29/18: Unfortunately, Storify, the service we used to compile the content from the chat, has been discontinued.For regular…