We are committed to advancing policies & practices to dismantle the racial & economic barriers embedded in the American education system. CEO ➡️ @Denise_EdTrust
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Public education is America's most important long-term investment.
EdPWR's Ten Commitments outline a bold vision for ensuring every student has access to opportunity, excellent schools, great teachers, and a future-ready education.
Read on substack:
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Arkansas’ new school grades lean on test scores, but growth matters too. EdTrust’s Nicholas Munyan-Penney: “It’s important for us to be giving schools credit and educators credit for the work that they’re doing to catch students up.” Read more: edtru.st/3U91gG5
No, the federal government isn’t “banning” your major.
Viral claims say students in lower-earning programs can’t take out college loans. That framing is misleading.
EdTrust’s Robbie Ha & Roxanne Garza explain more on substack: edtru.st/4hYQ5rx
Fear of deportation is keeping kids out of school, & it’s hitting school budgets.
“Regions that previously served thriving refugee communities are serving fewer new families — and they now have to grapple with less funding to sustain their programs.”
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“When we vote, we choose leaders who will make many of those decisions and, in some places, weigh in on measures that shape public education. Education is on the ballot”, – Ciara Hart
Read more: edtru.st/4rQuk1v
"A multi-billion-dollar program does not have any academic accountability... that is a huge red flag." EdTrust's Qubilah Huddleston on the federal Education Freedom Tax Credit in @K12DiveNews 👇
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🧵The Treasury Department released regulations for the new federal voucher program, and they reinforce inequities.
States can’t institute rules to ensure students are getting good results. Scholarship-granting organizations have to follow minimal financial regulations.
And thousands of students, including English learners and students with disabilities, will be left out entirely.
Find out more at edtrust.org/vouchers.
Thousands of cases like these are now left with no resolution and radio silence. Read more on The Conversation:
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@nhannahjones recent NYT piece revealed how broken the U.S. education system is. And it’s got the country talking. It’s also why we do what we do. 🧵
Her piece shined a light on what many Black and Latino families already know. And EdTrust knows that poor school conditions are not natural, and they are not inevitable. They are the result of bad policy choices.
We also know that good policy makes good schools. Read our blog series and learn how we can become a #NationOfPromise so that no parent has to sacrifice to make sure their kid gets a good education.
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Join movement leaders — including Victoria Jackson from EdTrust— redefining higher ed as a public good. Sept 29th, 3:15-4:30 PM EST.
Register: edtru.st/46Gy0JK
"There's nothing wrong with Black people that ending racism can't solve." — @andreperryedu. Our blog reflects on Nikole Hannah-Jones' piece, examining why Black families are forced to choose between tutoring and therapy, and the system behind that choice.
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The Dept. of Education launched its earliest-ever FAFSA, for 2027-28, with a simplified 15-min form. But experts say a better form doesn't fix the real problem. EdTrust's Kyla Hurns says: it only works if Pell Grants keep up with inflation.
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Trump admin proposal would strip tax-exempt status from schools giving race/origin-based scholarships—hurting Haitian students most.
Alejandra Vásquez Baur, EdTrust: "This proposal limits those dreams to only those who can afford to attend."
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📊 More than 1 in 4 Colorado students are chronically absent. A district cut it 6.8% just by changing how it talks to parents.
"They're using their data to make sure the student groups most chronically absent are addressed." — Carl Felton III, EdTrust
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Three years post-SFFA v. Harvard, the backlash against DEI in higher ed keeps growing — and many colleges are now self-censoring lawful programs & curricula out of caution.
DEI helps students succeed. Fight back with EdTrust's advocacy toolkit 👇
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September is Student-Parent Month. Childcare now costs more than college tuition in most states. For the 1 in 5 college students raising kids, that's often the difference between graduating and dropping out. A bipartisan push is finally trying to fix it. edtru.st/4yaOs0A
