Type Of Content: Blog Post

Getting To & Through College: Notes From a Recent Doctoral Graduate

article-cropped January 15, 2026 by Gabriela Montell

A first-gen doctoral grad talks about coping with college culture shock, what she learned from a former First Lady, and how universities can better support students like her

You Are Not Failing: Navigating Student Loan Debt, Mental Health, and Wage Garnishment

article-cropped January 14, 2026 by Shavon Roman, Chief Money Strategist

Student loan debt isn’t just a financial issue; it affects mental health, workforce, and generational equity. Here’s what you need to know about wage garnishment

Federal Focus, Texas Lens: Voucher Tax Credits and the 2026 Budget

article-cropped December 18, 2025 by Jonathan Feinstein

EdTrust in Texas hosted a briefing for advocates to shed a light on a new federal voucher tax credit program, recent moves to dismantle the Department of Education, and proposed federal budget cuts to education and what they mean for Texas students

ESSA at 10: The Law was Never About Perfection. It was About Protection for Students

article-cropped December 10, 2025 by Lynn C. Jennings, Ph.D

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) turns 10. While the law isn’t perfect, it strikes a balance of what the country needs: federal oversight of education

Literacy Unlocked Webinar Series

article-cropped video December 08, 2025 by EdTrust

A webinar series discussing how family partnerships, support for older readers, and access to diverse, representative materials fuel resource equity in literacy reform efforts

The Value of College Is More Than a Paycheck: Why Equity Must Be Part of the Equation

article-cropped December 05, 2025 by Hailey DeMars, Mia Schaubhut

OBBBA attempts to hold colleges accountable by tying value to graduates’ earnings, but it may unfairly penalize MSIs and community colleges that help students succeed

How Trump 2.0 Upended Education Research and Statistics in One Year

article-cropped December 03, 2025 by Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report

Decades of carefully built infrastructure aimed at improving and tracking how American children learn vanished in an ideological attack

Who Receives TRIO Funding? A National Snapshot of Federal TRIO Funding at Colleges and Universities

article-cropped December 02, 2025 by Daniel Ceva

An overview of which colleges receive TRIO grants, the amounts of those awards, and how the funds are distributed

The Great American Heist Comes for Student-Parents: Why Moving CCAMPIS Is a Direct Attack on College Access

article-cropped December 02, 2025 by Jinann Bitar

CCAMPIS is the only federal program that helps low-income student-parents access child care so they can complete college. The Trump administration is sabotaging it