Future of Assessments: Centering Equity and the Lived Experiences of Students, Families, and Educators
Addressing inequities in the educational outcomes — particularly for students of color and students from low-income backgrounds — cannot…
How Does Louisiana Support Student’s Social, Emotional, and Academic Development (SEAD)?
April 04, 2023 by EdTrust This brief highlights how Louisiana is supporting students’ SEAD and areas for growth across six policy issues, as well as questions to ask district leaders about local implementation.
Black Joy Consortium for Reimagining Education 2023 Platform Priorities
April 04, 2023 by EdTrust The Black Joy Consortium is aligned to a vision for a reimagined education system that fully prepares Black students…
Key Criteria for Undocumented Student Higher Education Access and Success
February 22, 2023 by EdTrust Ed Trust researchers analyzed nine criteria in the 15 states with the largest shares of undocumented college students to determine whether state policies are helping or hurting undocumented students’ ability to attend college and how access and success for this underserved student population could be improved.
Completing the Cycle: Supporting and Retaining Teachers of Color in Houston
January 19, 2023 by EdTrust Houston-area teachers told us what they need in order to succeed and stay in challenging academic environments. Amid teacher…
ACCESS GRANTED – School Funding Between Schools in Districts
December 07, 2022 by EdTrust Inequities in school funding between school districts within a state have been well documented, and a few early analyses…
Faculty Diversity and Student Success Go Hand in Hand, So Why Are University Faculties So White?
Faculty diversity plays a key role in college student completion and can have a major impact on students’ sense…
For Student Parents, The Biggest Hurdles to A Higher Education are Costs and Finding Child Care
August 17, 2022 by Brittani Williams, Jinann Bitar, Portia Polk, Gabriel Montague, Carrie Gillispie, Antoinette Waller, Azeb Tadesse, Kayla C. Elliott, Andre Nguyen It's hard to be a student parent. College students who are parenting must juggle work and family responsibilities while…
EQUITY FIRST: Priorities for Higher Education Partnerships and Investments
April 25, 2022 by Kayla C. Elliott, Anna Hyunah Byon Universal approaches have not sufficiently improved higher education outcomes for Black, Latino, and Indigenous students, and students from low-income…