Reprogramming Access to Robotics and STEM
April 13, 2017 by Samantha Bommelje Right now, thousands of aspiring young engineers and computer programmers across the world are tightening bolts and tweaking code in preparation for the big event: the FIRST Robotics Competition World…
Writing Their Own Stories, Enriching the American Narrative
April 03, 2017 by Brooke Haycock “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” — Maya Angelou “When I was growing up, the only artists I knew about were White guys from…
College Hoops and Black Student Success: Why March Can Be So Maddening
March 31, 2017 by Andrew Howard Nichols Like many of you, I took some time during the last two weeks to relax and watch some college hoops. I’ve always loved college basketball, particularly March Madness. But, if…
More on Black Student Success: What It Means to Be at the Top of Our List
March 23, 2017 by Andrew Howard Nichols Over the last few years, Ed Trust has released several reports on graduation rates and gaps for low-income students and students of color at four-year colleges and universities. In each…
A Look at Black Student Success
March 01, 2017 by Andrew Howard Nichols, Denzel Evans-Bell More Black students are enrolling in four-year colleges and universities than ever before. But what happens to these students…
What Will It Take to Close the Black-White Completion Gap?
March 01, 2017 by EdTrust Ed Trust explores that question and identifies top- and bottom-performing institutions WASHINGTON — More Black students are enrolling in four-year colleges and universities than ever before. But what happens to…
In the Classroom, Experience Is Two-Fold
February 22, 2017 by Allison Rose Socol, Ph.D. We already know that low-income children, children of color, and English learners are more likely to be assigned to a brand-new teacher than their wealthier and White peers. But a…
The Education Trust Joins Letter to President Trump on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
January 26, 2017 by EdTrust Dear President-Elect Trump: On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the undersigned organizations, we write regarding the Obama administration’s executive action on “Deferred Action for…
Rising Tide II: Do Black Students Benefit as Grad Rates Increase?
March 23, 2016 by Andrew Howard Nichols, Kimberlee Eberle-Sudre, Meredith Welch