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We evaluate education policies, practices, and dollars spent through a single lens: what’s right for students — preschool through college. Here’s our latest work, featuring our signature data, research, and recommendations.
Why Environmental Justice Is Educational Justice
Without education and action on climate change, students of color and students from low-income backgrounds will bear the brunt of its effects
The Next Threat to Education: Congress’ Budget Reconciliation
Here’s what families, advocates, and education leaders need to know — and what we can do about it
The Department of Education’s Newest Broken Promise: Cutting Pandemic Relief Funding
The Dept of Ed is taking back $3 billion in pandemic relief funding that Congress already promised to states. What’s at stake?
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How the Trump Administration Is Attacking Data and Research
Scaling back education data collections like NAEP and ERIC that help make schools better is another step that this administration is taking in the wrong direction
Getting To & Through College: Notes From a College Student in Boston
A student talks about his love for the law, what led him to Boston, the challenges he’s faced, and how the administration’s policies are impacting students
Maine is Protecting Trans Students. More States Should Follow Their Lead
The Trump administration has made itself clear: they want the wholesale erasure of transgender people from public life
From Protectors to Persecutors: How Florida Universities Are Failing Their Students by Partnering with ICE
By collaborating with ICE, universities are not only abdicating their responsibility but also contributing to an environment of fear, uncertainty, and victimization

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Latest from Our Press Room
President Trump Deals More Blows to America’s Students
Statement from Denise Forte, president & CEO of EdTrust, on the recent wave of executive orders targeting education
New Brief: Massachusetts Faces Math Crisis, Students Falling Behind at Alarming Rates
A brief by EdTrust in Massachusetts sheds light on a growing and urgent crisis: students across the Commonwealth are falling behind in math at alarming rates
Students of Color, Children from Low-Income Backgrounds Bear Brunt of Climate Crisis
New EdTrust report shows the link between environmental justice and education equity

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