July 2022 Update: Addressing Unfinished Learning, Student Debt, Justice-Impacted Students, and More
July 15, 2022 by Denise Forte In Washington D.C. and across the country, Ed Trust has helped steer the nation’s attention on the scale and scope of unfinished learning due to the pandemic. And with nearly…
Charting a Path to COVID Recovery for All Young People
June 07, 2022 by EdTrust Across our nation, educators, school and district leaders, families, and students are focused on the difficult task of COVID recovery — working to keep children safe, address the losses caused…
Addressing Learning Needs
May 09, 2022 by Karin Chenoweth In Episode 2, we sit down with Tricia McManus, superintendent of Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools, who says that her district is making the most of its relief money by using…
Creating More Equitable Schools Amid a Pandemic. Yes, it Can Be Done!
May 04, 2022 by Josh Parrish The last big shock to the educational system before the COVID-19 pandemic was the Great Recession of 2008, which decimated K-12 budgets, cost 300,000 jobs across the U.S. public education…
How are Schools & Districts Using the Money That the Federal Government Has Provided to Help Them Get Through the COVID Crisis?
April 13, 2022 by Karin Chenoweth Are you wondering how school districts are spending the money the federal government sent them to get through the COVID crisis? Karin Chenoweth, a writer-in-residence at The Education Trust, has…
The President’s FY23 Budget Request Recommits to Transformational Educational Priorities
March 28, 2022 by Denise Forte WASHINGTON (March 28, 2022) – Today, The Education Trust released the following statement from Denise Forte, interim CEO of The Education Trust, on the Biden-Harris administration’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget request:…
New Analysis of Best Practices from State High-Impact Tutoring Programs
February 23, 2022 by EdTrust Five States Highlighted for Evidence-Based Strategies to Accelerate Student Learning WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 23, 2022)—As states seek to combat missed learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report highlights…
Joint Comment on U.S. Department of Education Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection Criteria for American Rescue Plan Act ESSER Funds
February 02, 2022 by EdTrust Britt Jung U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave. SW, Room 3W113 Washington, DC 20202-8240 Download the Comments RE: Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection Criteria: American Rescue Plan Act…
Holding Students Back: Is Grade Retention Really Necessary During the Pandemic?
December 06, 2021 by Brittney Davis When I taught high school English, many students entered my classroom reading several grade levels below ninth grade. This meant that I was adjusting my lesson plans to teach skills…