Consensus Reached, Questions Remain: The Workforce Pell Rulemaking Recap
December 19, 2025 by Roxanne Garza US Department of Education has concluded the first week of negotiated rulemaking to implement the new Workforce Pell Grant program
Federal Focus, Texas Lens: Voucher Tax Credits and the 2026 Budget
December 18, 2025 by Jonathan Feinstein EdTrust in Texas hosted a briefing for advocates to shed a light on a new federal voucher tax credit program, recent moves to dismantle the Department of Education, and proposed federal budget cuts to education and what they mean for Texas students
Dismantling Education: What the Trump Administration’s Illegal Attacks on Federal Programs Mean for Students, Families, and Educators
December 16, 2025 by EdTrust EdTrust President and CEO Denise Forte provided testimony in a Senate spotlight forum on the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education
EdTrust Comment on IPEDS Data Collection
December 16, 2025 by EdTrust EdTrust comments on the revised information collection request proposing to add the Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) survey component to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
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
80+ Civil Rights and Education Organizations’ Joint Statement on the Illegal Transferring of Key Roles and Responsibilities from the U.S. Department of Education
November 20, 2025 by EdTrust Civil rights and education organizations denounce the unlawful transfer of critical U.S. Department of Education offices and responsibilities to other federal agencies
Dismantling of the Department of Education Fails Students
November 18, 2025 by EdTrust Statement from EdTrust president and CEO, Denise Forte
The Future of College: Harnessing Innovation to Improve Outcomes and Lower Costs
November 18, 2025 by EdTrust EdTrust's Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, provided testimony for the Committee on Education and Workforce in a hearing on higher education
The Trump Administration Defunds Evidence-Based Student Success Program
November 12, 2025 by EdTrust Statement on the U.S. Department of Education’s announcement to eliminate Fiscal Year 2025 funding for the Postsecondary Student Success Grants (PSSG) and other programs under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)