Kids Are Still Learning Things
January 29, 2021 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. At University Park Campus School in Worcester, Massachusetts, no one questions that the pandemic has been terrible and the remote school year has been difficult to navigate. “Remote school is…
5 Things State Leaders Should Do to Ensure the Latest Federal Stimulus Funds for Schools Are Used Equitably
January 26, 2021 by Terra Wallin In April 2020, I wrote about how states could ensure that federal stimulus funds issued through the CARES Act could be used to advance educational equity in the face of…
P-12 Policy Priorities for 87th Texas Legislative Session
January 18, 2021 by EdTrust The education trust in Texas advocates for an equitable education for historically under-served students across the state.
Advancing Early Learning Equity for Young Children of Color Through the Biden Administration
January 15, 2021 by EdTrust To: President-elect Biden’s Transition Team From: The Education Trust, National Center for Learning Disabilities, National Urban League, and UnidosUS Subject: Advancing early learning equity for young children of color through the Biden administration…
It’s Not an Ideal Situation. But We’re Making the Best of It.
January 15, 2021 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. Pandemic schooling has been difficult at Malverne High School in Nassau County New York, but social studies teacher Brian China says that his AP social studies class is only four…
We’ve Probably Gone Through More Change Since March Than I did Through My Entire Career.
January 08, 2021 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. Steubenville City Public Schools had as its goal operating as normally as possible this school year, so educators spent the spring and summer learning computer programs, putting lessons online, buying…
Explaining the Federal COVID-19 Relief and Year-End Funding Package
January 05, 2021 by EdTrust The federal government passed a substantial year-end funding package in late December 2020. One part of that package contains $900 billion…
It’s Amazing How Much Kids Adapt & Learn.
December 18, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. After a fall of flipping between opening and closing school buildings, Godwin Heights Public Schools in western Michigan responded to a huge spike in community spread of coronavirus by deciding…
Something That Was Already a Yeoman’s Job Has Become Even Greater.
December 11, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. In this episode of The Education Trust’s podcast, ExtraOrdinary Districts, Jennie Black, principal of Washington Elementary School in Junction City, Kansas, is joined by third grade teachers Jennifer Fallin and…