The midterms are over. Now what happens to our schools? Here’s what to watch: funding for schools, more oversight, and new chances to help students and families. #ANationOfPromise
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60% of students in a national survey say they’re connected to a scholarship, grant, mentorship, or opportunity for underrepresented students.

What else are students telling us? Join our Nov. 10 webinar at 3 pm ET.

Register: edtru.st/4ffalV8

A classroom of 25 students in a district serving mostly students of color gets about $32,500 less than one serving few. Multiplied across a school, that’s a counselor, an AP course, a teacher. EdTrust’s new report, Funding for Fairness, dives into this: edtru.st/4zeh0a3

“If all student success goes up, that’s great, but that’s not what we’re targeting.” EdTrust’s Kyla Hurns on colleges dropping DEI language under political pressure, and why race-specific data matters. edtru.st/4BwF61C

📚 Texas student Alexandra Deckelmann shares her transfer journey and asks colleges to stop putting avoidable obstacles between students and their degrees. #NationalTransferStudentWeek
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Public education is America's most important long-term investment.

EdPWR's Ten Commitments outline a bold vision for ensuring every student has access to opportunity, excellent schools, great teachers, and a future-ready education.

Read on substack:
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Arkansas’ new school grades lean on test scores, but growth matters too. EdTrust’s Nicholas Munyan-Penney: “It’s important for us to be giving schools credit and educators credit for the work that they’re doing to catch students up.” Read more: edtru.st/3U91gG5

No, the federal government isn’t “banning” your major.

Viral claims say students in lower-earning programs can’t take out college loans. That framing is misleading.

EdTrust’s Robbie Ha & Roxanne Garza explain more on substack: edtru.st/4hYQ5rx

Fear of deportation is keeping kids out of school, & it’s hitting school budgets.

“Regions that previously served thriving refugee communities are serving fewer new families — and they now have to grapple with less funding to sustain their programs.”

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“When we vote, we choose leaders who will make many of those decisions and, in some places, weigh in on measures that shape public education. Education is on the ballot”, – Ciara Hart

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"A multi-billion-dollar program does not have any academic accountability... that is a huge red flag." EdTrust's Qubilah Huddleston on the federal Education Freedom Tax Credit in @K12DiveNews 👇

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🧵The Treasury Department released regulations for the new federal voucher program, and they reinforce inequities.

States can’t institute rules to ensure students are getting good results. Scholarship-granting organizations have to follow minimal financial regulations.

And thousands of students, including English learners and students with disabilities, will be left out entirely.

Find out more at edtrust.org/vouchers.

The office that is supposed to protect students w/ disabilities has lost nearly half its staff, closed 7 regional branches, and dismissed ~90% of "resolved" complaints without investigation.

Thousands of cases like these are now left with no resolution and radio silence. Read more on The Conversation:

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@nhannahjones recent NYT piece revealed how broken the U.S. education system is. And it’s got the country talking. It’s also why we do what we do. 🧵

Her piece shined a light on what many Black and Latino families already know. And EdTrust knows that poor school conditions are not natural, and they are not inevitable. They are the result of bad policy choices.

We also know that good policy makes good schools. Read our blog series and learn how we can become a #NationOfPromise so that no parent has to sacrifice to make sure their kid gets a good education.

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Join movement leaders — including Victoria Jackson from EdTrust— redefining higher ed as a public good. Sept 29th, 3:15-4:30 PM EST.
Register: edtru.st/46Gy0JK

"There's nothing wrong with Black people that ending racism can't solve." — @andreperryedu. Our blog reflects on Nikole Hannah-Jones' piece, examining why Black families are forced to choose between tutoring and therapy, and the system behind that choice.

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