New York

EdTrust–New York is a statewide education policy and advocacy organization focused first and foremost on doing right by New York’s children. Although many organizations speak up for the adults employed by schools and colleges, we advocate for students, especially those whose needs and potential are often overlooked.

West

EdTrust–West is committed to dismantling the racial and economic barriers embedded in the California education system. Through our research and advocacy, EdTrust-West engages diverse communities dedicated to education equity and justice and increases political and public will to build an education system where students of color and multilingual learners, especially those experiencing poverty, will thrive.

Massachusetts

The Education Trust team in Massachusetts convenes and supports the Massachusetts Education Equity Partnership (MEEP), a collective effort of more than 20 social justice, civil rights and education organizations from across the Commonwealth working together to promote educational equity for historically underserved students in our state’s schools.

Topic: Federal Advocacy

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

Advocacy

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)

Education Equity

Advocacy

Entrance to the Department of Education building in Washington DC

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

Education Equity

Advocacy

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

Advocacy

Dismantling of the Department of Education Fails Students

November 18, 2025 by EdTrust

Statement from EdTrust president and CEO, Denise Forte

Advocacy

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

Advocacy

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)

Advocacy

Higher Education