The Value of College Is More Than a Paycheck: Why Equity Must Be Part of the Equation
December 05, 2025 by Hailey DeMars, Mia Schaubhut OBBBA attempts to hold colleges accountable by tying value to graduates’ earnings, but it may unfairly penalize MSIs and community colleges that help students succeed
How Trump 2.0 Upended Education Research and Statistics in One Year
December 03, 2025 by Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report Decades of carefully built infrastructure aimed at improving and tracking how American children learn vanished in an ideological attack
New Roadmap Charts Bold Path for Equitable Public Higher Education in Massachusetts
November 13, 2025 by EdTrust-Massachusetts A new report outlines a strategic blueprint to expand access, improve student outcomes, and strengthen the public higher education system in Massachusetts
Real Support, Real Success: One Postsecondary Pathway Program That’s Working
November 05, 2025 by Paulina Fraser, Andrew Howard Nichols Thrive Scholars uses proven interventions to enhance access, persistence, and completion rates for first-generation, under-resourced students
Systems Can’t Depend on Heroics: The Urgent Need to Strengthen Our Special Education and EL Teacher Workforce
November 03, 2025 by Shannon Holston NCTQ identifies six policy levers states can use to build a stronger teacher workforce for students with disabilities and English learners.
Joint Statement on OESE/OCR Cuts
October 22, 2025 by EdTrust Advocates reiterate calls to reverse layoffs of Department of Education employees
Joint Comment opposing the Department’s proposal to remove the Significant Disproportionality data collection
October 22, 2025 by EdTrust Eleven organizations share feedback opposing the U.S. Department of Education’s proposal to remove the Significant Disproportionality data collection from Section V of the Annual State Application under Part B of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Joint Comment on Redesigning IES
October 16, 2025 by EdTrust Twelve organizations share feedback with the Department of Education regarding the redesign of the Institute for Education Sciences
EdTrust Comment on Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) Survey Proposal
October 14, 2025 by EdTrust Letter submitted in response to the Department of Education’s (ED) proposed addition of the Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) survey component to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)