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    • Listening to Educators of Color

      July 20, 2020 by Eric Duncan and Simone Hardeman-Jones

      The Education Trust and E4E recently convened a small group of educators of color from across the country to hear about their experiences during the sudden shi…

    • 2 Ways COVID-19 is Creating Even Greater Inequities in Early Childhood Education (ECE)

      April 13, 2020 by Carrie Gillispie

      As a new mom, I can relate to the social media flood about the challenges of being a #workingparent with young children during the coronavirus pandemic. Mixed …

    • Reconciling Your School’s Racist History

      July 31, 2019 by Coleman Evans

      As a White woman progressing through college and my internship at Ed Trust, I have come to understand the extent to which systemic racism permeates every aspec…

    • What Purpose Does Your Dress Code Serve? Why Inclusive School Policies Matter

      April 24, 2019 by Nancy Duchesneau

      When Tvli Birdshead, a senior at an Oklahoma high school was denied the freedom to wear his Native American regalia to graduation this spring, he decided to fi…

    • Leggings, Tank Tops, and Short Skirts: How Dress Codes Affect Girls of Color

      April 3, 2019 by Ary Amerikaner

      It all started when a Catholic mother of four sons wrote a letter to the editor of the University of Notre Dame newspaper criticizing a group of young women…

    • Why School Counselors Matter

      February 1, 2019 by Letisha Marrero

      Right now, there are families devastated by the most recent government shutdown who are still putting the pieces back together, while hoping this administratio…

    • Educational Justice: Which Are You — an Advocate, Ally, or Activist?

      September 24, 2018 by Sharif El-Mekki

      I often describe myself as an activist and a teacher. Why? Because I firmly believe that a quality education is a basic human right that has been historically …

    • Questioning the Deficit

      September 22, 2014 by Ashley Griffin

      Why do black and Hispanic students perform worse than white students? This is the question at the heart of the achievement gap. The problem, though, is that th…

    • Equity and Equality Are Not Equal

      March 12, 2014 by Blair Mann

      There is a common misconception that equity and equality mean the same thing — and that they can be used interchangeably, especially when talking about educati…

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    In The News

    • Statement on TN General Assembly Special Session: Keeping Equity at the Center of Policymaking January 19, 2021
    • The Pros and Cons of Professional Judgment January 13, 2021
    • Statement from The Education Trust on Announcement of Miguel Cardona as U.S. Secretary of Education December 22, 2020
    • Statement From The Education Trust on COVID-19 Relief and Year-End Funding Package December 21, 2020
    • Joint Memo on Advancing Educational Equity Through the Biden-Harris Administration December 2, 2020

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