Statement from The Education Trust on 12th-Grade Reading and Mathematics Results From the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress
WASHINGTON – While we applaud improved graduation rates for all groups of students, we’re not cheering too loudly, because,…
Achieving Equitable Access to Strong Teachers
Ensuring a high-quality teaching force is one of the most important things that school districts can do to raise…
Assignments Matter
Students can rise no higher than the assignments and instruction they are given.Makes sense, right? We all want young…
The Road to Readiness: Running in Neutral
“If I fail it, my teacher said I can just take it again next year.” His words came out…
Meandering Toward Graduation: Transcript Outcomes of High School Graduates
Ed Trust’s new report, Meandering Toward Graduation: Transcript Outcomes of High School Graduates, shows that too many students leave…
The Road to Readiness: Rhetoric vs. Reality
"The dental program, huh?” the community college admissions counselor asked as she looked over Tre’s high school transcript. “Then…
Using Accountability to Drive Equity: Risks and Opportunities in ESSA
The Education Trust's Daria Hall, vice president for government affairs and communications, spoke with U.S. chambers of commerce about…
Higher Education Leaders from Across the U.S. Work Together to Increase Graduation Rates for Black and Latino Students
WASHINGTON (March 10, 2016) — Less than one percent. That’s the amount by which the college graduation rate gap between…
Prepared Testimony of Kati Haycock, CEO, The Education Trust, for U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Education and the Workforce Forum on Higher Education Act Reauthorization
United States House of RepresentativesCommittee on Education and the WorkforceForum on Higher Education Act Reauthorization March 2, 2016Prepared Testimony of…
Prepared Testimony of Kati Haycock, CEO, The Education Trust for the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions ESSA Implementation in States and School Districts: Perspective from…
Ed Trust Welcomes Emily Pickren as Communications Manager
WASHINGTON (February 18, 2016) — The Education Trust is pleased to announce that Emily Pickren has joined the Government…
Re-engaged Voices: Formerly Struggling Students Tell Their Stories
WASHINGTON (February 10, 2016) Today, The Education Trust released “Catching Butterflies,” a narrative chronicling the experiences of five formerly…
Lessons From ‘Butterfly Gardens’
As we prepare to release the fourth installment of Ed Trust’s Echoes from the Gap series, I am excited…
Honoring Native American Language and Culture to Raise Achievement
Samantha Wauls was an intern at Ed Trust through December 2015. She previously taught high school English and third…
Where Is All the Classroom Chatter?
Carlton Jordan, guest blogger, is an independent consultant who is working on our forthcoming revised Assignments Analysis framework. He…
Between the Echoes: Where the Clocks Stand Still
An offshoot of Ed Trust’s Echoes From the Gap series, drawing stories of students from behind the statistics, this blog series shares shorter…
Ed Trust Welcomes New Members to its Higher Education Practice Team
The Education Trust is pleased to announce Bonita Brown as its director of higher education practice and José Cabrales…
Two Dispelling the Myth Principals Talk About Believing in Kids
I was lucky enough to speak a few weeks ago at Learning Forward, an organization dedicated to the professional…
ESSA: Just a Big Present to Adult Interests? Think Again!
This op-ed first appeared at The Hechinger Report.President Obama just signed a new version of the nation’s main K-12…
Statement by Kati Haycock, president of The Education Trust, on President Obama’s signing of the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015
WASHINGTON (December 10, 2015) — “We applaud President Obama along with Chairman Lamar Alexander, Ranking Member Patty Murray, Chairman…