Districts That Succeed: Breaking the Correlation Between Race, Poverty, and Achievement
June 03, 2021 by Karin Chenoweth The publication of my latest book, Districts that Succeed: Breaking the Correlation Between Race, Poverty, and Achievement, made me reminisce to when I was hired by Ed Trust in 2004…
How The American Rescue Plan Can Help States Advance Educational Equity
June 02, 2021 by Allison Rose Socol, Ph.D. The federal government has made an unprecedented investment in education. The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act provides almost $130 billion for education, and the amount of funding each state and…
The President’s FY22 Budget Request Proposes Vital Investments in Educational Equity
May 28, 2021 by Denise Forte Statement from Denise Forte, interim CEO of The Education Trust, on the Biden-Harris administration’s Fiscal Year 2022 budget request: WASHINGTON (May 28, 2021) – “Ed Trust applauds the Biden-Harris administration’s…
New Report Urges States to Leverage American Rescue Plan Funds to Close Equity Gaps in Early Intervention Services for Our Youngest Learners
May 27, 2021 by EdTrust Trends in pandemic service delivery show the global health crisis has exacerbated issues with developmental screening and services WASHINGTON (May 27, 2021) — While early intervention is the key to…
Let’s Not Forget About English Learners: Targeting Resources From the American Rescue Plan for Their Needs
School districts are currently faced with a tremendous opportunity: to determine how to use over $125 billion of federal funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act to ensure students…
Recommendations for State Leaders to Advance Equity Using Funds from the American Rescue Plan
May 18, 2021 by EdTrust The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted education for all students, but has hit students from vulnerable and systemically neglected populations…
How the American Rescue Plan Can Transform School Districts. The Time to Act Is Now.
May 06, 2021 by Terra Wallin The federal government has just made an unprecedented investment in education. The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act provides almost $125 billion for education, and the vast majority of that funding…
5 Questions to Ask Districts About How They Will Use New Federal Funding to Support Students
May 06, 2021 by EdTrust The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act provides almost $125 billion for education, including at least $109 billion that goes…
With the American Families Plan, the U.S. Stands on the Precipice of Universal Pre-K
April 29, 2021 by Carrie Gillispie The excitement from early learning advocates about President Biden’s American Families Plan is tangible, and understandably so — the targeted investments to expand access to universal pre-K for all three-…