Type Of Content: Blog Post

How Dismantling the Department of Education Threatens Higher Education Access for Incarcerated Students

article-cropped May 09, 2025 by William Freeman III, Aaron T. Kinzel

It would have a grave impact on justice-impacted students, who rely on crucial financial aid and grants and federal oversight of prison education programs

More Credits, Less Aid: A Formula for Making College Unaffordable

article-cropped May 08, 2025 by Jinann Bitar

Requiring 30 credits for full Pell aid sounds like reform—but it’s actually a funding cut with steep consequences for students and colleges

Fear, Cuts, and Consequences: What Trump’s First 100 Days Mean for Massachusetts and Other States

article-cropped May 06, 2025 by Jennie Williamson

For Massachusetts, a state grounded in values of ensuring all residents feel welcome, protected, and have equitable opportunities to thrive, the president’s agenda is devastating

Honoring the Teachers Who Sparked Our Dreams

article-cropped April 30, 2025 by Nicolle Grayson

Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week and we at EdTrust want to pause and honor the teachers who first sparked our dreams

Reimagining Education Using Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) to Uplift Student Voice & Advocate for Change

article-cropped April 30, 2025 by Karena Escalante, Ph.D.

EdTrust’s new student-centered initiative aims to advance equity and center student voices to help develop innovative solutions to issues in their schools and communities

How the Trump Administration Is Attacking Data and Research

article-cropped April 28, 2025 by Ivy Morgan

Scaling back education data collections like NAEP and ERIC that help make schools better is another step that this administration is taking in the wrong direction

Getting To & Through College: Notes From a College Student in Boston

article-cropped April 25, 2025 by Gabriela Montell

A student talks about his love for the law, what led him to Boston, the challenges he’s faced, and how the administration’s policies are impacting students

Maine is Protecting Trans Students. More States Should Follow Their Lead

article-cropped April 24, 2025 by George Bowles

The Trump administration has made itself clear: they want the wholesale erasure of transgender people from public life

From Protectors to Persecutors: How Florida Universities Are Failing Their Students by Partnering with ICE

article-cropped April 23, 2025 by Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D.

By collaborating with ICE, universities are not only abdicating their responsibility but also contributing to an environment of fear, uncertainty, and victimization