Getting it Right: Crafting Federal Accountability for Higher Student Performance and a Stronger America
Whether through reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act or using the Department of Education’s waiver authority, federal policymakers…
New proposal urges holding states accountable for improving student achievement in exchange for federal funds — what most voters, including Tea Partiers, want
Via waivers or reauthorization, Ed Trust recommends giving states autonomy to improve student learning and holding them accountable for…
Everyone loses when schools cheat, but especially students
The Education Trust knows that when poor children and children of color are given the right instruction and support,…
Kati Haycock, president of The Education Trust, on the State and Local Funding Flexibility Act
WASHINGTON (July 12, 2011) - "Under the guise of 'increased flexibility' for local educators and policymakers, the latest bill…
Statement from The Education Trust on the new NCES study examining the Latino-White achievement gap
WASHINGTON (June 23, 2011) Todays report from the National Center for Education Statistics shows that the hard work…
Stuck Schools Revisited: Beneath the Averages
“Stuck Schools Revisited: Beneath the Averages” shows why a national focus on turning around the lowest performing schools, while…
Even ‘high-performing’ schools leave some students behind, new study shows
WASHINGTON (April 27, 2011) - As the Senate prepares to mark up its version of the Elementary and Secondary…
Kati Haycock, president of The Education Trust, on NAEP 2009 High School Transcript Study
WASHINGTON (April 13, 2011)-- For years, our nation has been sounding an alarm about the need to ensure that…
Equity Agenda Advances on Capitol Hill
Despite the budget stalemate on Capitol Hill this week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is taking big steps to…
Democrats For Education Reform and The Education Trust: ESEA reauthorization must be done right
WASHINGTON (March 9, 2011) - While we, like Secretary Duncan, believe that the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)…
Kati Haycock Delivers Testimony on ESEA Reauthorization to U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce
Chairman Kline, Ranking Member Miller, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you…
Victims of the Churn: The Damaging Impact of California’s Teacher Layoff Policies on Schools, Students, and Communities in Three Large School Districts
With school districts across California announcing budget cuts and plans for massive teacher layoffs, a new report by The…
Center for American Progress, The Education Trust urge strong teacher provisions for ESEA
WASHINGTON (February 23, 2011) Today, the Center for American Progress, or CAP, and The Education Trust released joint…
Essential Elements of Teacher Policy in ESEA: Effectiveness, Fairness, and Evaluation
Currently, performance evaluation systems used to assess teachers in virtually every school system in the United States fail to…
Kati Haycock, president of The Education Trust, on “Pathways to Prosperity”
WASHINGTON (February 2, 2011) The authors of Pathways to Prosperity have long track records of caring a lot…
States can close the achievement gap by decade’s end, New Education Trust state and national achievement gap analysis
(Washington, D.C.) A new analysis by The Education Trust reveals that achievement gaps in many states would shrink…
Statement from The Education Trust on the 2009 NAEP science results
WASHINGTON (January 25, 2011) -- Tonight, President Obama's State of the Union address will focus on the need to…
Getting It Done
Getting It Done turns to the crucial issue of school leadership, exploring how school principals have led improvements in…
Shut Out of The Military: More than one in five recent high school graduates is not academically qualified to enlist in the U.S. Army
First-Ever Public Analysis of National and State Data From the U.S. Armed Forces’ Entrance Exam Shows That Today’s High School…
Shut Out of the Military: Today’s High School Education Doesn’t Mean You’re Ready for Today’s Army
In “Shut Out of the Military,” the first-ever public analysis of the Army’s Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB),…