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EdTrust
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Advancing policies & practices to dismantle the racial & economic barriers embedded in the American education system. www.edtrust.org
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 9h
Allison Rose Socol, a policy expert at EdTrust, described McMahon’s push to help grow private school enrollment through taxpayer-funded vouchers & other means as a “great American heist” that will funnel money away from the public system. http://edtru.st/3J4RJKJ
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 14h
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act could make high-cost, low-value college programs the norm.

Our new policy brief explores how to strengthen accountability, so college education leads to opportunity, not more debt.

Read it here: https://edtru.st/46NjKOE
Making the New Higher Education Accountability Framework Pay Off
Without stronger accountability, students from low- and middle-income backgrounds risk being burdened by debt with little chance of advancing up the economic ladder
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 1d
Career and technical education is a lot more than learning to weld or draw blood.

It can expose kids to jobs they didn’t even know existed and help them figure out what they want to do with their lives.

Learn More: https://edtru.st/4nG5RcB

Source: @chalkbeatorg
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 1d
Literacy unlocks opportunity. Join @EdTrust for Literacy Unlocked, a 3-part webinar series (Oct 15, 22 & 29) exploring how to advance equitable literacy in your community. Lean tools, strategies & more!
Learn more and sign up today: http://edtru.st/3ILpTTy

#education #k12
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 2d
Attacks on public education are escalating but the impacts are not being felt equally by all students. Cuts to funding and restrictive new policies are falling hardest on Black & brown students, deepening long-standing inequities in our schools. Register: http://edtru.st/4ocHjb3
Want to fight back against public ed policies that unequally impact students of color. Sign up here!
Join us to learn why cuts to public education funding and restrictive new policies are falling hardest on Black and brown students and what we can do to push back and ensure every child has the opport...
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 2d
For millions of low-income & first-generation college students, the Pell Grant is more than financial aid; it's a lifeline that makes education possible. Slashing it undermines access at a time when affordability is already a major barrier. Read the blog: http://edtru.st/430nKKz
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 2d
Banned Books Week is here (Oct 5–11)!

Access to stories, ideas, and voices should never be silenced. Together, we can
protect The Freedom to Read.

Take the pledge today with @webelieveinedu and @_everylibrary_ : bookbanpledge.us

#BannedBooksWeek
#FreedomToRead
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 7d
Protecting Healthcare Is Protecting Student Learning

Read our latest statement from EdTrust's President & CEO Denise Forte on the ongoing budget negotiations in Congress: http://edtru.st/4ha5tAJ

#Students #medicaid #IDEA #Congress #Shutdown #StudentHealthServices
Protecting Healthcare Is Protecting Student Learning
Statement from Denise Forte, President and CEO of EdTrust
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 8d
September is #NationalLiteracyMonth. Join us in championing reading & access to high-quality books and instruction for all. Literacy is a civil right!

Read more: https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-cassidy-lead-bipartisan-colleagues-in-designating-september-as-national-literacy-month
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 9d
A government shutdown is looking inevitable and could disrupt some parts of the education world.

Read the full article: http://bit.ly/3IMxpNY

Source: @politico.com
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 13d
Working under a Black principal reduced turnover rates for Black teachers by 14%, and schools where at least 20% of the faculty was Black had a similar effect.

learn more by clicking the link in our bio or visiting blackprincipals.org

#BlackEducators
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 14d
Small in number, massive in impact. HBCUs are less than 4% of U.S. colleges — but they’re behind 50% of all Black educators👏👏👏.

Want to understand why this matters for the future of education?
➡️ Learn more BlackPrincipals.org

#hbcuexcellence
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 19d
“It’s very important to pay attention to the full picture of what is happening,” said Allison Socol, vice president at Education Trust.

Read the full article: edtru.st/3VmrbHz
Education Dept. reroutes grants to charter schools, other Trump priorities
The Trump administration is using money earmarked for colleges that serve large populations of minority students to support a host of other education priorities.
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 19d
A coalition of 41 groups, including Turning Point USA and the Heritage Foundation, will create educational programming for the country’s 250th anniversary next year.

bit.ly/4ny7NDm

Source: @washingtonpost.com
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 20d
Check out this powerful blog from our Higher Education Policy Director, Roxanne Garza: http://edtru.st/46b6aWp
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 21d
Our Director of Higher Education Policy, Roxanne Garza joined @hirono.senate.gov & a panel of student-borrowers & experts to expose the devastating impacts of the Trump administration’s proposed federal budget cuts on higher education.

📺 Watch the replay: bit.ly/4nzy9VB
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 22d
"We know that it is a vital program to provide support for pathways for students, particularly low-income students and first-generation students to go onto higher education and succeed in higher education, so the recent freeze in TRIO grants is extremely concerning."
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 22d
"We are definitely big supporters of the TRIO program, which we know are instrumental in helping students not only at the K-12 level but transition to post-secondary education."
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 22d
Our higher education policy director Roxanne Garza gave a power testimony at
@hirono.senate.gov 's shadow hearing. #GreatAmericanHeist
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 22d
"We hear about this ongoing application backlog to this day. There is over 1 million applications for folks who are just trying to enroll in a more affordable repayment option."
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 22d
"The process has always been very complicated, but what feels different is that we have an administration that is actively trying to put borrowers in a worse position"
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 22d
Our higher education policy director Roxanne Garza gave a power testimony at @maziehirono shadow hearing. #GreatAmericanHeist
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 22d
Policy makers over the past half century have allowed our public higher education system to become increasingly privatized, forcing students and families to bear the growing financial burden of what should be a public- Aissa Canchola Banez, Director of Policy, @borrowerjustice.bsky.social
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 22d
"Millions of Americans are crushed under the weight of a $1.7 trillion student crisis, but make no mistake, this crisis is a policy choice."
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EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social · 22d
Listen in now! Join us for "Killing the American Dream: How Republicans are Closing the Door on Working and Middle-Class Students"
Join Us: edtru.st/469lOlf
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