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You can help get EdTrust to #SXSWEDU by voting for our session to be chosen for the 2027 stage! Nearly half of 10th graders who are not in AP classes are ready for advanced coursework, but many may never be recommended for it. Our proposed #SXSWEDU session, “The Trust Gap: Why AP-Ready Students Go Unnoticed,” featuring Peter Bergman, founder and director of Learning Collider, Allison Socol, Ph.D., EdTrust’s vice president of P-12 policy, practice, and research, and Allison Staffin, director of curriculum and instruction, Cherry Hill Public Schools, will explore how trusted adult relationships, national study data, and student profiles can help schools spot AP-ready students whom their current systems might be missing. Vote for us today! https://lnkd.in/edtkxnfm

Finding clear, credible guidance on teacher policy is harder than it should be. Too often, district leaders are left stitching together examples from peers, scattered websites, and their own research—under real-time pressure, during negotiations and decision windows when capacity is thinnest. The National Council on Teacher Quality's new District Policy Pathfinder is a one-stop shop for evidence-based answers to your toughest human capital management questions, each grounded in verified data and transparent sources. Faster decisions. Real rigor. No guesswork. Find your path → https://lnkd.in/e28AWhSV

The Repayment Assistance Plan (RAP) is a less affordable repayment option that eliminates a path to student loan forgives for more than 43 million student loan borrowers in the US. While RAP will simplify the student loan repayment process and provide borrowers with interest relief, monthly payments are expected to significantly increase—and the extended repayment timelines would effectively eliminate a pathway to student loan forgiveness for millions of borrowers. On our Substack, we explain how the RAP programs works and what to expect. Be sure to like and subscribe! https://edtru.st/4g9brS2

What happens in our classrooms when immigration policy creates fear outside of them? Join EdTrust’s Alejandra Vázquez Baur, M.A., for a timely conversation on the state of Black and Brown education and what schools, policymakers, and education leaders must do to protect immigrant and undocumented students. At a moment when immigration policy is increasingly education policy, this is a conversation we cannot afford to ignore. 🗓️ Thursday, August 13th 🕦 1:00 –2:00 pm ET Register now and join us. https://edtru.st/4hnowJP

What happens in our classrooms when immigration policy creates fear outside of them? Join EdTrust’s Alejandra Vázquez Baur, M.A., for a timely conversation on the state of Black and Brown education and what schools, policymakers, and education leaders must do to protect immigrant and undocumented students. At a moment when immigration policy is increasingly education policy, this is a conversation we cannot afford to ignore. 🗓️ Thursday, August 13th 🕦 1:00 –2:00 pm ET Register now and join us. https://edtru.st/4hnowJP

‼️Reading scores drop for N.Y.C. students. EdTrust-New York weighed in on the matter. “You usually don’t see such dramatic swings from one year over to the next,” Ms. Benjamin-Gomez said. “This is more of a reflection of something with the state assessment than it’s a reflection of student learning and growth.” Read the full story: 

What’s happening in Louisiana isn’t just local politics, it’s a warning for the nation. In a new op-ed for The Root, EdTrust president & CEO Denise Forte outlines how recent decisions in Louisiana signal a broader effort to roll back civil rights protections in education and beyond. As federal oversight fades, the risks are clear: deepening inequities, weakened protections for students, and a troubling precedent for other states to follow to further disenfranchise Black voters. As Forte emphasizes, these moments are not isolated, they are part of a larger pattern with national implications that will impact our democracy as a whole. 📖 Read the full op-ed: https://edtru.st/4w7zlmR

HANDS OFF HEAD START. Invest in children, don’t destroy their opportunities. The Trump administration is trying to tear Head Start apart piece by piece. First, they delayed funding. Then, they cut the staff that supports the program. Then, they proposed eliminating Head Start altogether. Now, they want to strip away the standards and protections that make it work. This is an attack on a program that helps children learn, supports families, and expands opportunity. Head Start helps children build strong foundations for learning. It supports parents. It protects access for children with disabilities. It connects families to critical health and developmental services. Let’s invest in children, not destroy their opportunities. Protect children. Protect families. Protect Head Start. EdTrust joins civil rights and disability organizations in calling on the administration to withdraw this proposal and on Congress to protect Head Start. Read More: https://edtru.st/4fJcOb9 #HandsOffHeadStart #HeadStart

Every child deserves a strong start. Period. Today, the Trump administration’s proposed changes to Head Start, if finalized, would dismantle the program from the inside out. That’s why we signed onto this joint statement because we believe every child deserves a Head Start open to all and grounded in the high-quality standards that effectively prepare children to succeed in school. We stand alongside Children's Defense Fund, NAACP, National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD), National Urban League, The Arc of the United States, and UnidosUS (WeAreUnidosUS) to protect and strengthen this critical investment in early learning. 🔗 Read more: https://edtru.st/4fJcOb9

Multilingual learners thrive when schools have the right tools, leadership, and support.   Today, EdTrust-New York released, “Scaling What Works in Multilingual Literacy," the second report in our two-part series on multilingual learners. The report highlights proven strategies from schools and districts across New York that are improving literacy outcomes and calls on state leaders to scale these evidence-based practices statewide.   The need is urgent: Only 3% of New York's fourth-grade multilingual learners reached reading proficiency on the 2024 NAEP, and just 5% of eighth-grade multilingual learners scored proficient on the 2025 New York State English Language Arts Assessment.   New York already has examples of what works. Now it's time to invest in educator preparation, expand access to high-quality bilingual instructional materials, and build literacy systems that help multilingual learners succeed.   Read the report: