Topic: Federal Advocacy

President Trump Deals More Blows to America’s Students

April 24, 2025 by EdTrust

Statement from Denise Forte, president & CEO of EdTrust, on the recent wave of executive orders targeting education

Maine is Protecting Trans Students. More States Should Follow Their Lead

article-cropped April 24, 2025 by George Bowles

The Trump administration has made itself clear: they want the wholesale erasure of transgender people from public life

Harvard is Right: Colleges and Universities Need to Draw a Line in the Sand

article-cropped April 15, 2025 by Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D.

Harvard is resisting the Trump administration’s expanding war on higher education. More colleges and universities need to follow suit

Hands Off Our Schools: Student Rally in DC to Fight for Their Education Rights

article-cropped April 14, 2025 by Iyana Moore

High school and college students protested at the Department of Education to stop the ongoing attacks on higher ed

The Next Threat to Education: Congress’ Budget Reconciliation

compass April 14, 2025 by EdTrust

Here’s what families, advocates, and education leaders need to know — and what we can do about it

60 Years Later, The Future of Title I is on the Line

article-cropped April 11, 2025 by Denise Forte

On the 60th anniversary of Title I, the future of the provision that gives critical funding to low-income schools is at risk

The Department of Education’s Newest Broken Promise: Cutting Pandemic Relief Funding

April 08, 2025 by EdTrust

The Dept of Ed is taking back $3 billion in pandemic relief funding that Congress already promised to states. What’s at stake?

10 Governors Agree with Trump and Want to Run Their Own Education System. But How Are Their States Doing?

article-cropped March 27, 2025 by Ivy Morgan

Republican governors from ten states attended Trump’s EO signing to dismantle the Dept. of Ed. But these states’ students perform poorly