The Trump Administration, Once Again, Fails to Invest in the Critical Resources Needed to Boost Achievement of our Nation’s Students
February 10, 2020 by Denise Forte Statement from Denise Forte, senior vice president for Partnerships and Engagement for The Education Trust on Trump administration’s FY21 Budget Proposal WASHINGTON (February 10, 2019) – In yet another predictable…
OPINION: States Are Burying Damning Data About School Funding
January 29, 2020 by Ary Amerikaner You’ve heard about the funding disparities between school districts. The more hidden disparities within school districts are just as troubling. Any debate about fairness in school funding has to start…
Profiles in Education Equity: Gini Pupo-Walker, State Director, Tennessee
January 17, 2020 by Letisha Marrero Gini Pupo-Walker joins The Education Trust as State Director for Tennessee. In this role, Gini will work with advocates, educators, students and community partners across Tennessee seeking to increase educational opportunity and improve…
From Numbers to Insight: Leveraging ESSA’s School Spending Requirement for Fair Funding
January 16, 2020 by Ivy Morgan For decades, researchers have used federal data to show that within states, the districts with the most students from low-income backgrounds and the most students of color receive less funding…
Inequities in Advanced Coursework
January 09, 2020 by Black and Latino students across the country experience inequitable access to advanced coursework opportunities. They are locked out of…
Getting To & Through College: The Benefits of Taking Advanced Coursework
January 08, 2020 by Gabriela Montell Colleges are the pipeline to good jobs and the middle class, yet for many students of color and students from low-income backgrounds, a higher education degree remains out of reach.…
Getting To & Through College: “If It’s Not Paid For, I’m Not Going”
December 17, 2019 by Gabriela Montell Meet Sancia Celestin, a senior at George Mason University. Raised by her mother, a Haitian immigrant who works 12-hour shifts as a nursing assistant to support her two kids, Sancia…
11 Questions Equity Advocates have for the 2020 Presidential Candidates
December 13, 2019 by Denise Forte If you’ve followed the 2020 Democratic debates thus far, you know that education issues have only scratched the nationally televised surface of the upcoming Democratic primary. This weekend, that will…
5 Things to Advance Equity in Access to and Success in Advanced Coursework
December 09, 2019 by EdTrust Use data to identify the barriers that prevent students of color and students from low-income families from enrolling in…