The Case for Increasing School Safety by Investing in Student Mental Health
October 03, 2022 by Nancy Duchesneau Even as the nation still reels from the tragedy at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas in May, gun violence continues to increase. And four years after the mass shooting…
The Education Trust’s Comments on the U.S. Department of Education’s Proposed Priorities for Mental Health Programs
August 26, 2022 by EdTrust Amy Banks U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 3E257 Washington DC, 20202 Earl Myers U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 3E244 Washington, DC 20202…
Black Women’s Mental Health and the Student Debt Crisis
August 05, 2022 by Letisha Marrero Any moment now, the Biden administration will announce its plan to forgive student debt as the moratorium on loan payments will expire at the end of this month. While mounting…
How Student Debt Harms Black Borrowers’ Mental Health
July 28, 2022 by Approximately 45 million Americans carry $1.7 trillion in student loan debt, but the financial challenges facing Black borrowers are…
Preventing Suicide Amid a Pandemic
September 27, 2021 by Nancy Duchesneau As if the deaths of nearly 700,000 Americans from COVID-19 weren’t depressing enough, the past two years have wreaked havoc on surviving Americans’ mental health. Most at risk? Young people…
The Education Trust in Texas Public Comments on Proposed Rule Regarding the Safe and Supportive Schools Program and Trauma-Informed Care Policy Training
October 12, 2020 by Jonathan Feinstein Mike Morath Commissioner of Education Texas Education Agency 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701-1494 Download the Full Comments Dear Commissioner Morath: Thank you for the opportunity to comment on…
Joint Testimony By Education, Criminal Justice Reform, and Civil Rights Advocates to Texas House Public Education Committee on Interim Charge 1(F) of SB 11
September 30, 2020 by EdTrust SUBMITTED BY Alycia Castillo, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition Jonathan Feinstein, The Education Trust in Texas Andrew Hairston, Texas Appleseed Chloe Latham Sikes, IDRA Ana Ramón, IDRA ENDORSED BY Teach Plus…