Louisiana COVID-19 Supplemental SNAP Benefits
April 06, 2020 by EdTrust For many students, especially those from low-income backgrounds, school may be the only place where they can get meals.…
Graduation Rates Don’t Tell the Full Story: Racial Gaps in College Success Are Larger Than We Think
March 05, 2020 by Andrew Howard Nichols, Marshall Anthony Jr. “Student success” is a popular buzz phrase, but it means different things to different people. College and university administrators tend to measure student success on the basis of graduation rates.…
Building Bridges to Make Equity Accessible for Students with Learning Disabilities
February 17, 2020 by John B. King Jr., J.D., Ed.D. John B. King Jr. provided opening keynote remarks at the Learning Disabilities Association of America’s annual conference. This year, the conference theme focused on “Making Equity Accessible.” Introduction – Building…
Black and Latino Students Shut Out of Advanced Coursework Opportunities
January 09, 2020 by EdTrust Ed Trust Identifies the Barriers That Keep Black and Latino Students Unequally Represented in Advanced Coursework WASHINGTON – Black and Latino students across the country have unequal access to advanced…
Getting To & Through College: “If It’s Not Paid For, I’m Not Going”
December 17, 2019 by Gabriela Montell Meet Sancia Celestin, a senior at George Mason University. Raised by her mother, a Haitian immigrant who works 12-hour shifts as a nursing assistant to support her two kids, Sancia…
The Importance of High-Quality Early Childhood Education (ECE) for Black and Latino Children
November 21, 2019 by Carrie Gillispie Two recent studies, one about the state-funded Tennessee Voluntary Pre-K program and another from the University of Chicago, have breathed new life into the ongoing discussion around the value of…
Young Learners, Missed Opportunities
November 06, 2019 by Carrie Gillispie High-quality early childhood education (ECE) is important to the rapid development that happens in the first five years of…
No State Provides Both High-Quality and High-Access State-Funded Preschool for Black and Latino 3- and 4-Year-Olds
November 06, 2019 by EdTrust Of the 26 states analyzed, 13 states enrolled fewer than one-quarter of their Latino children in state-funded preschool programs, and 10 states enrolled fewer than one-quarter of their Black children…
Trends in Enrollment and Degree Equity at Public Four-Year Colleges: 2001-2016
October 22, 2019 by J. Oliver Schak According to our recent Broken Mirrors reports and web-based State Equity Report Card, few states are doing enough to ensure that their public two- and four-year colleges enroll and graduate…