How Advocates Can Ensure American Rescue Plan Funding Goes to the Students Who Need it the Most
October 04, 2021 by Reetchel Presume Back-to-school season is usually accompanied by a spirit of optimism — and advocates have a reason to be hopeful. Bolstered by resources from COVID-19 relief funding, system leaders have a…
7 Questions to Ask Your District Leader About Where ARP Funds Are Going
September 10, 2021 by Kayla Patrick Many students are returning to school after long-term school building closures. As a result, many advocates and families are concerned about children’s physical health as well as their social, emotional,…
How Is Your School District Allocating Its Funds? New Data Lets Parents & Advocates See for Themselves.
For school leaders to administer a high-quality education, having money to secure valuable education resources makes a difference. For students to have a quality education, they need access to strong…
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…
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…
Let’s Not Forget About English Learners: Targeting Resources From the American Rescue Plan for Their Needs
May 26, 2021 by Terra Wallin, Rosario Quiroz Villarreal, Roxanne Garza School districts are currently faced with a tremendous opportunity: to determine how to use over $125 billion of federal funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act to ensure students…
Action Guide: Targeting Resources from the American Rescue Plan to Address the Needs of English Learners
May 26, 2021 by The Next100, UnidosUS, EdTrust For more than 15 months, students, families, and educators across the country have been adjusting to new ways of…
Recommendations for State Leaders to Advance Equity Using Funds from the American Rescue Plan
May 18, 2021 by EdTrust The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted education for all students, but has hit students from vulnerable and systemically neglected populations…