Nearly All States Have Significant Work To Do in Providing Transparent, Accessible Data on How Districts Spend School Funds
August 26, 2021 by EdTrust WASHINGTON — Only one state in the nation met The Education Trust’s guiding principles for equity-oriented school spending reports last year, according to a new national analysis by the ed-equity…
Joint Letter to U.S Secretary Cardona on the Future of Statewide Assessment in K-12 Education
August 19, 2021 by EdTrust The Honorable Miguel Cardona Secretary of Education U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave, SW Washington, DC 20202 Download the Full Letter (Spanish) Download the Full Letter (English) Dear Secretary…
VIDEO: A Natural Fit: Supporting After-School Staff of Color in Teacher Pipelines
July 21, 2021 by EdTrust One underutilized strategy for increasing the racial diversity of the teacher workforce is to recruit those who have experience working in after-school programs
School Leaders: Do You Truly Want to Diversify Your Teaching Workforce?
July 21, 2021 by EdTrust Recruit and Support After-School and Out-of-School-Time Workers in Teacher Preparation Programs. They are an “untapped resource,” according to Ed Trust. A new report provides tangible action steps for programs, states…
A Natural Fit: Supporting After-School Staff of Color in Teacher Pipelines
The need to provide a strong and diverse teacher workforce for all students is particularly relevant now as school…
An Open Letter to The Editors of US News and World Report’s Best Colleges Rankings
July 12, 2021 by EdTrust To The Editors of US News and World Report’s Best Colleges Rankings: We write today requesting you end the practice of using average SAT and ACT scores of incoming students…
The Biden-Harris Administration’s Education Agenda Takes Shape
June 08, 2021 by Reid Setzer UPDATE 7/28/21: The Biden-Harris administration has released this fact sheet detailing their educational equity policy goals, and The Education Trust is supportive of several priorities detailed within. We are happy…
How The American Rescue Plan Can Help States Advance Educational Equity
June 02, 2021 by Allison Rose Socol, Ph.D. The federal government has made an unprecedented investment in education. The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act provides almost $130 billion for education, and the amount of funding each state and…
State Guidance for High-Impact Tutoring
May 27, 2021 by EdTrust The recent passage of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) is infusing America’s K12 public schools with unprecedented, desperately…