The Importance of Grow Your Own Programs to Recruit Teachers of Color
December 02, 2020 by Ruby Aguilar My first day as an education major, I had no idea whether teaching would be my passion, but I did feel like I didn’t belong in that classroom alongside my…
We Have a Third of Our Kids in Every Day. But One Hundred Percent of Our Students are Learning Every Single Day.
November 27, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. “We have a third of our kids in every day. But one hundred percent of our students are learning every single day” In this episode of Season Four of The…
As Soon as We’re Back to Normal, We’ll Have to Accelerate Our Kids.
November 19, 2020 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. In this inaugural episode of Season Four of The Education Trust’s podcast, ExtraOrdinary Districts, Sergio Garcia, principal of Artesia High School in ABC Unified District in Los Angeles County, is…
NAEP Results Make it Clear: States Must Have Transparent College and Career Readiness Data
November 19, 2020 by Sarah Mehrotra, Jonathan Davis In October, the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) 2019 12th grade reading and math scores were released and with them came an early warning signal for how schools prepare students for college and careers. The…
This is What Democracy Looks Like: Reflections from an Ed Trust Fellow
November 18, 2020 by Kiah Albritton During the spring of 2016, I attended my first protest at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. I was a sophomore, and the Tennessee state legislature had voted to defund our…
Profiles in Education Equity: Cynthia Osborne, Child and Family Research Partnership
November 16, 2020 by Letisha Marrero Cynthia Osborne, Ph.D., is the associate dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. She is founder and director of the Child and…
2020 Election Recap and What Should Be on the 117th Congress’ To-Do List
November 10, 2020 by Courtney Bollig The 2020 election cycle ended last week with Democrats controlling the White House and narrowed majority in the House of Representatives — with Senate control dependent on the outcomes of…
What Proposition 16 Means for Higher Education in California
October 28, 2020 by Lawrence Haynes, Yvonne Muñoz Voters are heading to the polls in droves, not only to elect the next president, but in California, to decide on Proposition 16. This would remove the ban on affirmative…
Student Blog: How the Pandemic Helped Me Find Purpose
October 20, 2020 by KaMya Burrell At the beginning of the pandemic, I felt clueless and trapped, knowing that I would be spending weeks, and now months, stuck at home with my family. I’d been independent…