Reflecting on the 63rd Anniversary of the Brown v. Board Decision
May 18, 2017 by Ryan Smith This week, we rightly celebrate the milestone Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision issued on May 17th, 1954, striking down school segregation. Yet today also marks another anniversary…
Trends in State ESSA Plans: Defining Away Low Performance for Groups of Students
May 18, 2017 by Allison Rose Socol, Ph.D. When is performance for a group of students so low that it requires attention and action? This is one of the critical questions that states have to answer as they…
Brown v. Board: The Fight for Integrated Classrooms Continues
May 17, 2017 by Davis Dixon On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court banned segregation in public schools, ruling that separating students by race was unconstitutional. In the coming years, even with staunch opposition in…
‘Lead With Your Legacy in Mind’
May 11, 2017 by John B. King Jr., J.D., Ed.D. This is the prepared text of the commencement address given at Howard University on May 11, 2017. To the graduates, congratulations on earning your degrees! You set your sights on…
Guiding Students Toward Degrees
April 18, 2017 by Bonita Brown It’s that time of year when college seniors are busy, readying themselves for graduation after four (or five or six) long years of working toward that degree. They’ve taken all…
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…