Topic: Black & Latino Students

Parents Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Their Child and an Inequitable Education System

September 24, 2026 by EdTrust

The choices families make are personal. The conditions that force those choices are not. EdTrust examines what it will take to build a public education system that works for every student

There’s No Right Choice in a Broken Education System

article-cropped September 24, 2026 by Letisha Marrero

Parents have to make tough decisions when it comes to their child’s education. Some have a choice. But many Black and Latino parents don’t. Here’s one mom’s story of sacrifice

Three Generations. Three Choices. One Reason: A Good Education

article-cropped September 24, 2026 by Ameshia Cross

From the South to Chicago, one family’s determined quest to provide an excellent education for their child

Black Parents Should Not Have to Choose Between Tutoring and Therapy

article-cropped September 23, 2026 by Augustus Mays

The impossible choices Black families make reveal what America must transform

Compliance Over Community: Navigating Anti-DEI Policies as an Affinity Group at a PWI

article-cropped September 23, 2026 by Robyn Jennings

A Black student’s experience leading an affinity group/Black graduate student organization while navigating anti-DEI policies in higher education

Ignoring Race Does Not Make School Discipline Race Neutral. It Makes Inequities Harder to Confront

August 18, 2026 by EdTrust

Black students have long faced some of the harshest discipline in our nation's schools. The Department of Education’s new guidance restricting consideration of race in school discipline will have dire consequences

Private Student Lending Threatens a National Promise

article-cropped July 20, 2026 by Denise Forte

Rather than addressing the root causes of rising college costs or strengthening financial aid, the Trump administration is abandoning students of color and students from low-income backgrounds by shifting the burden of paying for higher education onto private student loans

New Report Finds Massachusetts Fails to Meet the Literacy Needs of Thousands of Adolescents, But Bright Spots Show It’s Possible

newspaper July 16, 2026 by EdTrust-Massachusetts

Despite the state’s top national ranking, about half of middle and high schoolers lack the support needed to read at grade level

Beyond the Early Grades: The State of Adolescent Literacy in Massachusetts

files July 16, 2026 by EdTrust-Massachusetts

Despite the state’s top national ranking, about half of middle and high schoolers lack the support needed to read at grade level