The Scientific Method in Action
April 05, 2017 by Karin Chenoweth For many years I wrote a regular newspaper column about schools in Prince George’s County, Maryland. I noticed that one of the high schools had been recognized as having more…
Ed Trust Mourns the Passing of Founding Board Member Roger Wilkins
March 28, 2017 by Kati Haycock Roger Wilkins, who died at 85 Sunday morning, was everything the newspaper reports say he was: a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a tenacious warrior in the fight for civil rights, a…
Marshaling the Power of Schools
March 27, 2017 by Karin Chenoweth I can’t remember a time when I didn’t think of public schools as the crucible of American democracy, founded to provide all children — independent of family circumstances — with…
Exhuming Potential in Our Children
March 21, 2017 by Andy Smith “You know, there’s one place that all the people with the greatest potential are gathered. One place and that’s the graveyard.” I’ve been in the grip of that haunting opening…
Ensuring All Students Count in School Ratings
March 17, 2017 by Natasha Ushomirsky This post first appeared on the PIE Network’s website, where they invited us and others to answer the question: Without ESSA regs, how do we leverage the law? School rating criteria that…
Statement From John B. King, CEO and President of The Education Trust on Trump’s “Skinny” Budget
March 16, 2017 by John B. King Jr., J.D., Ed.D. WASHINGTON (03/16/17) – Today, John B. King, CEO and President of The Education Trust issued this statement on the release of the Trump administration’s “skinny” budget. “On the campaign trail…
Ed Trust Names Lillian M. Lowery as Vice President of PreK-12 Policy, Research, and Practice
March 15, 2017 by EdTrust WASHINGTON – The Education Trust is pleased to announce that Lillian M. Lowery, Ph.D., will join The Education Trust as its vice president for PreK-12 Policy, Research, and Practice. In…
On Mission and Movements: John King’s First Day at Ed Trust
March 13, 2017 by Robin V. Harris, Ph.D. For two decades Ed Trust staff and education advocates all over the country have been motivated by a guiding question: What would Kati [Haycock] do? #WWKD. But a few weeks…
Why Closing Gaps in Graduation Rates Requires a Focus on Enrollment
March 01, 2017 by Nicolle Grayson If every college and university closed the gap that exists in graduation rates between Black and White students on their campuses, there would still be a gap nationwide. That’s because…