Parent to Educators: Stop Labeling Our Children
July 16, 2018 by Ivy Ellis What parent doesn’t want the best for their child? Of course, we all would like to live and raise our kid(s) in the safest neighborhood with the best schools staffed…
Letter from The Education Trust Supporting Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act
June 26, 2018 by EdTrust The Honorable Lamar Alexander Chairman U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Patty Murray Ranking Member U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee…
Why Congress Should Fund the School Leader Recruitment and Support Program and Title II-A
June 25, 2018 by Lillian M. Lowery Soon, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies will be deciding on a budget for the 2019 fiscal year. Among the programs to…
What’s Behind the Teacher Strikes? A Look at Teacher Salaries
June 18, 2018 by Rachel Metz The school year may have come to a close, but for some teachers across the country, things are just getting started. From North Carolina to Arizona, teachers have been making…
Teacher Appreciation: Stories of Courage and Kindness from Room 40
May 29, 2018 by Brooke Haycock My dad is a former cop turned special education teacher in California. For the past 20 years, his daily beat has been Room 40, a well-worn portable classroom, lined with…
What Educators and Advocates Can Learn from the 2017 NAEP Results
April 26, 2018 by Samantha Bommelje, Lillian M. Lowery Every two years, the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), otherwise known as the Nation’s Report Card, provides a snapshot of student achievement in fourth and eighth grade reading and…
Special Edition: ExtraOrdinary Districts Need Extraordinary School Leaders. How Do We Get More of Them?
April 12, 2018 by EdTrust One of the key lessons that emerged in Education Trust’s podcast, “ExtraOrdinary Districts,” is that improvement requires leadership at the school level.
Special Edition: ExtraOrdinary Districts Need Extraordinary School Leaders. How Do We Get Them?
April 12, 2018 by Karin Chenoweth Education Trust’s podcast, “ExtraOrdinary Districts,” illustrated that: school leaders who believe in the capacity of all children, no matter what their background, are critical to improving schools; and school leadership…
The Education Trust Statement on the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress Results
April 10, 2018 by John B. King Jr., J.D., Ed.D. “If we fail to educate students of color and students from low-income families, we have no future as a nation,” said King WASHINGTON (April 10, 2018) — Today John B.…