Events
In our mission to promote high academic achievement for all students at all levels, we host events around the country to learn from, inform, and empower educators, advocates, parents, and policy makers.
Check out any of our upcoming events, or browse back through our past events for summaries and available materials.
Upcoming Events
Communication for Fierce Advocacy: EdTrust Webinar Training Series for Educators of Color
Equity-Driven • Data-Centered • Student-Focused
Telling Your Story Through Blogs and Op-Eds
Advocacy requires effective messaging. One of the best ways to reach people is by telling personal stories in either online or print publications. In this sess…
Here to Stay: Examining Gaps in Access to Non-Novice Teachers
Access to non-novice teachers matters. Yet, students of color and students from low-income backgrounds are more likely to attend schools with greater numbers o…
Navigational Based Leadership: How to Build Resilience in Advocacy
In this session, participants will develop resilience skills in the context of advocacy and leadership. Through an energetic and thought provoking workshop par…
Black Student Debt Crisis
There is a serious Black student debt crisis, and clarifying the problem is the first step to fixing it. In this session, participants will hear what we learne…
The American Rescue Plan & COVID Recovery: Where Are We & What’s Next?
To address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government is providing an additional $125 billion in education funding to states and districts. J…
Reimagining How we Make School Spending Decisions
In this session, participants will learn how equity-oriented school spending data can inform school funding decisions being made right now in districts across …
Understanding Power in Your Region: A Better Way of Powermapping
Participants will take a deep dive into power mapping: Participants will become familiar with what we mean by “power” in politics Participants will learn how …
Better Together: How to Bring More Authentic Voices to Your Advocacy Efforts
In this session, participants will learn how to incorporate the voices of students and parents in their advocacy and attendees will have the opportunity to ref…
Federal Education Policy: Past, Present, and Future
In this session, participants will hear about what’s moving in the federal policy space right now, how it will impact our education equity work, and what oppor…
Policy Advocacy for the School Principals Our Students Deserve
Participants will build their understanding of the importance of school principals and the kinds of state policies that can be used or changed to ensure that s…
Virtual Book Talk: Districts that Succeed
The Education Trust hosted a virtual book talk about Districts that Succeed moderated by Alia Wong, USA TODAY education reporter, and featuring:Author and Ed T…
Racial Equity Professional Institute: Advocacy, Access, and Accountability
The Education Trust, in partnership with the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison, hosted our second of three institutes that delve into racial equity issue…
Racial Equity Professional Institute: Equity Beyond Pell
The Education Trust, in partnership with peer organizations, Operation Restoration, From Prison Cells to Ph.D., and the Vera Institute of Justice hosted their …
Now What? Using Federal Aid for an Equitable Education Comeback
Now that the federal government has distributed billions of dollars in aid to states and school districts affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is time to make…
In Their Voices: Students Speak with Secretary Cardona
Hear student panelists from Michigan, New York, and Tennessee in a conversation with Secretary Cardona on June 24 from 7-8 p.m. ET. Students will share their o…
PLENARY: A Celebration of 2020 Advocacy in the States and Closing Remarks
Thank you for joining us for Ed Trust's April 2021 Equity Matters Bootcamp.As we come to a close we want to celebrate all the amazing work done in 2020 for equ…
BREAKOUT SESSION: Justice Fellows Policy Program Leading the Work with Justice Impacted Individuals
In this session, participants will hear from Ed Trust’s Justice Fellows on the issues impacting justice-impacted students. We will highlight the importance of …
BREAKOUT SESSION: Asset-Based SEAD Policies and Practices to Support Students Returning to In-person Learning
The past year has been ripe with narratives about how students are struggling socially and emotionally, experiencing trauma, and falling behind academically. T…
BREAKOUT SESSION: Promise of Partnerships for Teacher Diversity
In this session, participants will hear from experts from Ed Trust and TNTP and practitioners from all levels of the teacher preparation system—the state, dist…
BREAKOUT SESSION: Food Security as a Means of Realizing Education Equity
Our nation is in the midst of a pandemic, an economic downturn, and a continued reckoning with racial inequities and injustice. As a result, many students’ bas…
BREAKOUT SESSION: A Necessary Tool: Utilizing the Higher Ed Immigration Portal to Improve Educational Equity for Undocumented and Other Immigrant Students
In this session, participants will get an overview of a new tool from the Presidents Alliance, which maps out all the education policies impacting undocumented…