Parents Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Their Child and an Inequitable Education System
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Despite the state’s top national ranking, about half of middle and high schoolers lack the support needed to read at grade level