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…
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…
5 Things State Leaders Should Do to Ensure Federal Stimulus Funds For Schools Are Used Equitably
April 09, 2020 by Terra Wallin As the coronavirus crisis continues to place tremendous strain on the education system, teachers and school leaders, support staff, district leaders, and state policymakers are working quickly to ensure the well-being of…
Ed Trust Comments on Upcoming “Study of District & School Uses of Federal Education Funds”
February 21, 2020 by Ary Amerikaner Director of the Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W-208B Washington, D.C. 20202-4537 RE: Docket ID: ED-2019-ICCD-0160 Download…
OPINION: States Are Burying Damning Data About School Funding
January 29, 2020 by Ary Amerikaner You’ve heard about the funding disparities between school districts. The more hidden disparities within school districts are just as troubling. Any debate about fairness in school funding has to start…
From Numbers to Insight: Leveraging ESSA’s School Spending Requirement for Fair Funding
January 16, 2020 by Ivy Morgan For decades, researchers have used federal data to show that within states, the districts with the most students from low-income backgrounds and the most students of color receive less funding…
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Why Congress Should Fund the School Leader Recruitment and Support Program and Title II-A
June 25, 2018 by Lillian M. Lowery Soon, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies will be deciding on a budget for the 2019 fiscal year. Among the programs to…
What’s Behind the Teacher Strikes? A Look at Teacher Salaries
June 18, 2018 by Rachel Metz The school year may have come to a close, but for some teachers across the country, things are just getting started. From North Carolina to Arizona, teachers have been making…