A Toolkit for Advancing College Opportunity for Justice-Impacted Students – Illinois
March 08, 2022 by Christopher Garcia, Mysia Perry, Kayla C. Elliott, Satra Taylor 
Ed Trust Calls for State Leaders to Remove Barriers That Impede Americans Who Are Currently and Formerly Incarcerated from Receiving a College Education?
March 08, 2022 by EdTrust New policy toolkits in eight states examine the extent to which some states impose barriers on justice-impacted students WASHINGTON – The United States is home to 2.12 million people who…
Putting Pell Restoration, Building Tables, and Freeing Minds at the Forefront
September 17, 2021 by Patrick Rodriguez “Building a table” is a phrase on a lot of lips these days, as many organizations and companies embrace the need to include diverse groups of people in decision-making to…
William Freeman III, The Education Trust Justice Fellow, Written Testimony on Implementing Pell Grant Eligibility for Students Who Are Incarcerated
June 30, 2021 by William Freeman III Vanessa Gomez U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 2C179 Washington, DC 20202 Download the Written Testimony Re: Docket ID ED-2021-OESE-0077 Dear Ms. Gomez, Thank you for the…
Satra Taylor, The Education Trust, Written Testimony on Implementing Pell Grant Eligibility for Students Who Are Incarcerated
June 21, 2021 by EdTrust Vanessa Gomez U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 2C179 Washington, DC 20202 Re: Docket ID ED-2021-OESE-0077 Download the Full Testimony Good afternoon. My name is Satra Taylor,…
A Life Sentence Transformed Into a Life’s Work: An Interview with Chris Wilson
April 24, 2020 by Crystal Amuzie At 17 years old, Chris Wilson was sentenced to life in prison. Now 41, he recalls that moment and says, “It was like receiving a death sentence.” But after 16.5…
Second Chances are Real — Let’s Make Sure More Students Get Them
September 25, 2019 by Malika Kidd In the past four years, my life has transformed for the better. I am a newlywed with a full-time job and working toward a bachelor’s degree in nonprofit management from…
What Happens When Incarceration Meets Education
June 26, 2019 by Luis Mattei Jr. Lifting the ban on Pell Grants for incarcerated students is one of Ed Trust’s policy priorities for higher education reauthorization, and we are proud to advocate alongside a broad, bipartisan…