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    In Focus:

    Click here to read the new EdTrust report, Core Problems, and to learn about how out-of-field teaching persists in key academic courses and high-poverty and high-minority schools.

    Click here to read the new EdTrust and Achieve report, Measures that Matter.

    Click here to find out which four extraordinary schools were honored with EdTrust's 2008 Dispelling the Myth Award.

     

    Click here for information on the Transforming School Counseling Academy, February 5-7, 2009, in Austin, Tex.


    Click here to learn about the NASH/EdTrust Access to Success initiative to expand college access and increase success.

    Featured Reports & Presentations


    Data Tools & Web Resources


    The Funding Gap Learn about continued injustice in state education funding patterns, and how school districts serving high percentages of low-income students, students of color and English language learners are shortchanged.

    2006 Education Watch State Summaries: Get a snapshot of student achievement and the condition of public education in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the nation.

    Engines of Inequality: Diminishing Equity in the Nation’s Premier Public Universities Find out how financial aid choices made by the nation’s flagship universities create barriers to college enrollment and success for low-income students and students of color.

    Highlight on High Schools: Find resources to help you understand the problems with -- and the enormous potential of -- American high schools.

     

    Gaining Traction, Gaining Ground: How Some High Schools Accelerate Learning for Struggling Students
    Take an in-depth look into the practices of public high schools that serve high concentrations of either low-income or minority children and have a strong track record accelerating learning for students who enter high school below grade level. This study compares and contrasts the practices of these high-impact schools with similar high schools that have only an average impact on student performance

    College Results Online:  Examine graduation rates at virtually any four-year college and university in the nation, by students’ race, ethnicity and gender.

    Tools for Parents:  Analyze data and download free guides for African-American and Latino parents. Latino parent guide and state reports also are available in Spanish.

    No Child Left Behind: Get the real facts on the law and how it can help close the achievement gap. 

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    Highlights from Ed Trust’s Equity Express


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    Dumping the California Exit Exam is Not the Answer New America Media
    October 6
    -Once again, doomsday predictions failed to materialize with 90.2 percent of California's high school students passing the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) in 2008, making it evident that if expectations are raised, both students and teachers will rise to meet them.

    Poorest schools tend to have novice teachers, state reports
    The Tennessean
    October 12
    -Often, a school system's least-experienced teachers end up in its poorest schools.

    Structured For Success Diverse Magazine
    October 15
    -The OMA has since transformed its role and has linked with other university offices - including the admissions and financial aid departments - to aggressively recruit and retain students of color. The results have been heartening, and Black student enrollment continues to show steady increases, officials say.

    High School Diploma Should Mean Something OpEdNews.com
    October 14-Judging our country's education system by how well it serves the brightest students, however, is like evaluating a nation by how well its richest citizens live. We must insist that our schools do a better job educating all of our students. 


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