EdTrust-West

🎧 “It was my first time with dual enrollment, it was kind of a new ground for me. And understanding how it worked was a bit hard, but I was able to learn how it worked, which elevated my experience.” –Horatio Dual enrollment isn’t just about earning college credit in high school—it’s about expanding opportunities and breaking barriers. Yet, students of color remain underrepresented in these programs. This #DualEnrollmentWeek, we’re uplifting student voices to highlight the impact of dual enrollment as a racial equity strategy. Listen in and learn how dual enrollment opens doors for all students. #DualEnrollmentSuccess

Please join EdTrust-West Executive Director Dr. Christopher J. Nellum for the Just Equations annual conference, The Mathematics of Opportunity: Beyond Limits, April 8-10, to explore the limitless possibilities for innovation in math education. #TMO25 Registration is free: bit.ly/tmo-2025-register

Devastating wildfires in Southern California in early January 2025 were historic in scale and impact – including interrupting the education of more than 725,000 students. Read our new report from Undaunted and EdTrust that examines the impact of the January 2025 school closures in Los Angeles on students. https://edtru.st/4hlW6fz

✨ The California Alliance for Student Parent Success (The Alliance), which we lead alongside California Competes, is proud to lead Bring Your Kids to College Day, spotlighting California's 400,000 student parents and their families. Since April 2024, The Alliance has supported 9 colleges in making student parents feel seen and valued—while inspiring their littles, the next generation of learners, to embrace higher education! 👉 Read more about our past efforts in Inside Higher Ed (https://lnkd.in/g9bear49) 👉 Use our toolkit to support planning your planning of a Bring Your Kids to College Day on YOUR campus (https://lnkd.in/gdk4hvdb) Have you celebrated Bring Your Kids to College Day before? If so, share your experience below in the comments!

👨🏾🏫 Although ethnic studies is under attack in California, educators and school leaders continue the hard work developing and teaching these critical courses. Check out this resource and explainer video the EdTrust-West team released to guide statewide course expansion: https://lnkd.in/gkfwDhev #caedu #ethnicstudies #edequity

It’s time to apply!! The state priority deadline in California was just extended to April 2, 2025. Now is the time to complete your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the California Dream Act Application (CADAA). Apply today by visiting csac.ca.gov/apply. ¡Es momento de solicitar ayuda financiera! La fecha límite prioritaria del estado de California se ha extendido hasta el 2 de abril de 2025. No dejes pasar esta oportunidad y completa tu FAFSA (Solicitud Gratuita de Ayuda Federal para Estudiantes) o la CADAA (Solicitud de la Ley Dream Act de California). ¡Aplica hoy mismo en csac.ca.gov/apply!

Check out recent media highlights for our new report, Black Minds Matter 2025! ✨ Academic gaps ‘allowed to linger’ among California’s Black students over past decade, report says: bit.ly/4bt1cW7 ✨ California’s Black Student Crisis Is Everyone’s Problem: bit.ly/3FxTuy3 ✨ EdTrust-West Report Calls for Commission to Address Black Student Education Crisis in California: bit.ly/4h8DVde #BlackMindsMatter #BlackMindsMatter2025

📌Presenting: EdTrust’s #SaveOurStudents Advocacy Toolkit The Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education pose a serious threat to public education. As advocates, we know that these unprecedented actions will result in devastating and irreversible harm to our students, communities, and country, both in the short and long term. Without federal safeguards, students of color, students from low-income backgrounds, and other underserved student populations will face increased disparities in access to a high-quality education. As we also know, public education is the backbone of our communities, economy, and democracy. Every student — no matter their background, race, disability, primary language, immigration status, identity, or economic circumstances — deserves to pursue the American Dream. So, what comes next? We must mobilize and organize. That’s why EdTrust has created an advocacy toolkit to help you push your local leaders to protect students and public education. We also have an interactive map of what each state stands to lose once they lose critical federal funding and other resources to help you with your advocacy efforts. Together, we can protect public education and #SaveOurStudents. Access the toolkit here: https://edtru.st/3RenUaV

🚨Exciting Opportunity Alert! 🚨 Applications for the 2025 Russlynn Ali Summer Fellowship at EdTrust-West are still open! This paid fellowship offers college students and recent graduates hands-on experience in education policy, research, and advocacy. All who are interested - make sure to apply by Sunday, March 16! 🚀

For many students, dual enrollment is the first step toward college success. But not all students have equal access to these opportunities. That’s why we joined United Way of Greater Los Angeles to create a toolkit designed to make dual enrollment more accessible—especially for students of color. Because every student deserves a pathway to college: bit.ly/3Fta2aa Let’s close the gap. Let’s uplift student voices. Let’s take action. #DualEnrollmentWeek