Every student has a teacher they remember for making a difference in their academic journey — mine was my first-grade teacher, Ms. Vinning. It was my first year at a new school as one of only a...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/gifted-program-changed-my-life/
Ask a young person about the top issues they care about. Climate change is one of them. Ask a teacher if they want to teach about climate justice. They do. Ask a student or parent if they current...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/education-equity-climate-justice/
Last fall, just as students were returning from summer break, schools across the nation were forced to close for “heat days.” The combination of excessive heat and inadequate infrastructure c...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/a-time-for-climate-action/
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https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/graduate-student-advisory-council/
We are proud to announce our new line of work on race, disability, and equity. While EdTrust has historically supported disability advocacy organizations and engaged in coalitions to ensure that ...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/intersection-of-race-disability-and-equity/
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https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/resource-equity-in-action/
For LGBTQI+ students, the first three months of 2024 continue to highlight the urgency in pushing back against the sustained assault on transgender youth and their rights. In February, the tragic...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/fighting-for-a-better-future-for-transgender-youth/
Faculty diversity and student success go hand in hand for Black women. Research shows how having mentors in graduate school with whom students can identify can significantly impact students’ se...
In December 2020, Congress passed the bipartisan FAFSA Simplification Act that mandated a new, simpler Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which overhauled the federal financial aid...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/2024-25-better-fafsa-advocacy-faqs/
Everyone deserves a chance — and some people need a second, maybe even a third. Here at EdTrust, we believe that every student should get a high-quality education to live the life of their choo...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/third-cohort-of-justice-fellows/
Earlier this year, a friend asked me to speak to her 10-year-old son about the importance of school and why he needed to remain focused and engaged. Listening to his concerns reminded me of “th...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/educator-influence-racial-disparities-in-school-discipline/
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released the long-awaited data from the 2020-21 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) — disaggregated information that is usually collected every other year on s...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/recent-crdc-student-discipline/
Long-awaited data from the most recent Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) has been released. This new data from the 2020-21 school year provides an important, mid-pandemic update on key indicato...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/new-crdc-data-what-to-be-excited-what-to-watch-for/
Growing up, I was immersed in Latin culture all the time: watching baseball with my dad, eating my mom’s delicious arroz con pollo guisado (rice with stewed chicken), speaking Spanish, and list...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/highlighting-the-afro-in-afro-latinidad/
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), or the Nation’s Report Card, released its 2022 math test scores in late 2023, and the results were disturbing. Soon after, data findings ...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/breaking-down-the-nations-math-scores/
Byron A. Johns is the co-founder of the Black and Brown Coalition for Educational Equity and Excellence (BBC), working with Identity, a Latino advocacy organization, to dismantle systemic barrier...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/profiles-in-education-equity-byron-johns/
Rochester, New York is my hometown. My grandparents emigrated there nearly 100 years ago, and my mother is a graduate of the Rochester City School District. I was born and raised in and around Ro...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/new-york-campaign-early-literacy/
On a road trip as a child, my brother and I proudly corrected a “mistake” my father made, and he sarcastically joked that us learning how to read was the worst thing that happened to him as a...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/3-things-need-to-know-ongoing-reading-reform/
Every Black History Month is an opportunity to reflect on how far we have come and how much work is yet to be done. For me, this Black History Month takes on even more meaning. For generations, o...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/call-to-action-black-history-month/
In 2013, as I was grappling with yet another high school calculus lecture, a school administrator knocked on the classroom door, quietly made eye contact, and signaled “follow me” with her ha...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/embedding-equity-into-principal-pipelines/
Every teacher has that handful of indelible memories of their teaching experiences, when the impossible becomes possible in an instant. One of mine happened in the fall of 2005, when I was a seco...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/teachers-need-to-learn-how-to-teach-reading-effectively/
Like millions of adults of a certain age, my reading journey began with libraries and public television. One standout show was Reading Rainbow, where the host, Levar Burton, would read a book alo...
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In October 2023, the Department of Education published its new rule on gainful employment, which is designed to protect students attending career training programs from assuming too much student ...
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Well, there’s good news and bad news. On the plus side, the normally arduous Free Application For Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has been simplified — pared down from 108 questions to 36. Howeve...
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https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/why-education-equity-is-so-important-right-now/
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https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/scholastic-book-fairs-are-making-diversity-optional/
When I look out at my classroom, I reflect on my last eight years as a teacher. I think of all of the faces, lessons, heart to hearts, and the “Wow, I could’ve done a lot better” moments. I...
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https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/cultivating-a-supportive-and-inclusive-school-environment/
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https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/a-school-community-that-engages-together-stays-together/
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https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/what-advocates-should-know-about-the-esser-fiscal-cliff/
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https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/navigating-college-and-beyond-without-affirmative-action/
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On March 23rd, Rep. Jamaal Bowman introduced H.R 1741, which would amend the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to significantly scale back state summative assessment requirements. While we apprec...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/joint-blog-post-regarding-h-r-1741/
I’m not really the fangirl type. I mean, I love my Duke Blue Devils, the latest high-tech gadget, and, of course, a good, robust student-focused school board meeting. But during Ed Trust’s re...
All students are “math people.” Yet often, the current ways in which math is taught often leaves many Black and Latino students out of the equation. All students must be prepared equally well...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/middle-school-math-should-be-a-door-opener-not-a-gatekeeper/
At the Tennessee State Capitol, a group of high school and college students representing the EmpowerED initiative at Ed Trust – Tennessee recently had the opportunity to lobby priority bills th...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/tennessee-students-advocate-at-the-state-capitol/
At a time when Americans are increasingly worried about external threats to the health and safety of children in schools, state-sanctioned violence at the hands of educators, who are expected to ...
During Teacher Appreciation Week, a group of Black women superintendents gathered at The Education Trust’s national headquarters in Washington, DC, to discuss the pressures they face in their w...
I have been involved in the topic of school funding with an emphasis on English learners since my doctoral dissertation. I was fortunate to be trained by Dr. Ruben Espinosa, who was the first Chi...
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Like it or not, the hard truth is that America has a long history of discrimination against people of color and women, who have systemically been denied access to voting rights, housing, economic...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/infographic-5-facts-about-affirmative-action/
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https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/infographic-the-nepo-babies-of-higher-ed/
Recently, Governor Kay Ivey forced the resignation of the secretary of Alabama’s Department of Early Childhood Education, Dr. Barbara Cooper, for allowing the use of a well-known early learning...
Qubilah Huddleston is a P-12 policy lead, and she will help shape Ed Trust’s policy positions on equitable school funding. A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Qubilah analyzes state and fede...
April is Earth Month — and this year’s awareness efforts come just weeks after the release of the latest international report that paints a dire picture of the future of our planet. While the...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/educators-speak-up-about-how-to-teach-climate-change/
The U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona recently laid out his three education priorities for the year: Promote academic excellence Improve conditions for learning for all students and Prep...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/raising-the-bar-for-students-through-multilingual-education/
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While we await the Supreme Court’s decision on the legality of student debt cancelation, the threats to President Biden’s executive order cancelling up to $20,000 of student debt for Pell Gra...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/the-latest-threat-to-student-debt-cancellation/
From about 1925-1961, Nannie Helen Burroughs, an educator and activist who started her own school in Washington, DC, required her students to take both an oral and written Black history exam to g...
https://edtrust.org/the-equity-line/4-ways-education-leaders-can-respond-to-anti-black-rhetoric/