Topic: Federal Advocacy

Joint Comment on the Secretary’s Supplemental Priority on Artificial Intelligence in Education

August 21, 2025 by EdTrust

Public comment on the 30-day public notice from the Department of Education (ED) regarding the proposed Secretary’s Supplemental Priority on advancing artificial intelligence in education

Joint Comment on the Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program

August 19, 2025 by EdTrust

Public comment on the 30-day public notice from the Department of Education (ED) regarding the proposed priorities, requirements, and definitions under the Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program

The Great American Heist

August 15, 2025 by EdTrust

EdTrust is sounding the alarm about The Great American Heist — the largest transfer of wealth in U.S. history that affects everyone — that’s happening right in front of our eyes

Trump’s Admissions Data Order Threatens to Roll Back Decades of Hard-Fought Progress

August 08, 2025 by EdTrust

EdTrust warns directive will weaponize transparency to attack diversity and equity in higher education

The Trump Administration’s Strategy to Influence Higher Education and What K-12 Schools Can Learn from It

article-cropped August 07, 2025 by Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D.

For K-12 schools and districts, the Trump Administration’s attacks on Higher Ed serve as a warning of what could come

Columbia and Brown’s Agreements to Share Student Data with the Trump Administration Aids and Abets a Racist Agenda

August 05, 2025 by EdTrust

Statement from EdTrust President and CEO Denise Forte on Columbia and Brown’s agreements to share student data with the Trump administration

EdTrust Applauds the Senators’ Pushback Against the Great American Heist

August 01, 2025 by EdTrust

Bipartisan education funding bill rejects Trump’s plan to dismantle public education

Statement from EdTrust Vice President Allison Socol on the Release of Withheld Federal Education Funds

July 25, 2025 by EdTrust

This is a win for students, but the Great American Heist isn’t over

Testimony of Denise Forte at Senate K-12 Education Spotlight Forum

July 24, 2025 by Denise Forte

In her testimony, Denise Forte covers crucial education topics, such as the impact of the illegal withholding of federal education funds and the attacks on the Department of Education