📢The Trump administration just announced that the Small Business Administration (SBA) will be taking over student loans. 📌The Trump administration’s proposal to transfer the federal student loan portfolio, totaling $1.6 trillion, to the Small Business Administration (SBA) is a reckless and poorly crafted move that puts borrowers at risk and undermines the federal government’s responsibility to ensure access to higher education. 📌This decision is not about improving efficiency, it is about dismantling federal oversight of education and paving the way for privatization. 📌Let’s be clear: SBA is wholly unequipped to manage this portfolio. With a discretionary budget of just $1 billion, SBA lacks the infrastructure, expertise, and capacity to oversee federal student loans effectively. This move sets borrowers up for failure, creating unnecessary confusion and increasing the likelihood of mismanagement. 📌Families, students, and borrowers deserve stability, not confusion. Right now, students and their families have no clear understanding of who will be responsible for addressing complaints and ensuring their rights are protected. Will borrowers reach out to SBA for assistance with their loans? The administration’s haphazard approach makes it clear that confusion is the goal. 📌EdTrust urges policymakers to reject this misguided proposal and protect the integrity of the federal role in education.
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Advancing policies and practices to dismantle the racial and economic barriers embedded in the American education system
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EdTrust promotes high academic achievement for all students at all levels—pre-kindergarten through college. Our goal is to close the gaps in opportunity and achievement that consign far too many young people—especially those from low-income families or who are Black, Latino, or American Indian—to lives on the margins of the American mainstream. Although many organizations speak up for the adults employed by schools and colleges, we speak up for students, especially those whose needs and potential are often overlooked. We evaluate every policy, every practice, and every dollar spent through a single lens: what is right for students. We work alongside educators, parents, students, policymakers, and civic and business leaders in communities across the country, providing practical assistance in their efforts to transform schools and colleges into institutions that serve all students well. We analyze local, state, and national data and use what we learn to help build broader understanding of achievement and opportunity gaps and the actions necessary to close them. We participate actively in national and state policy debates, bringing lessons learned from on-the-ground work and from unflinching data analyses to build the case for policies that will help all students and schools reach high levels of achievement. Our Core Beliefs: We believe in the power of education to close the gaps that separate low-income students and students of color from other young Americans. We believe that schools and colleges, appropriately organized, can help virtually all students master the knowledge they need to succeed. We believe long-standing gaps in opportunity, achievement, and attainment have roots inside and outside of schools. And though we know these gaps are stubborn, we also know they are not inevitable. We believe a strong education improves the lives of young people, is vital to sustaining our democracy, and strengthens America.
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📢 Just ONE WEEK until #AILiteracyDay! Join us in celebrating AI education & empowering learners with the skills they need for the future. 🚀 https://lnkd.in/eznVzeup
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New on the Blog: Returning Education Entirely to the States is a Dangerous Proposition. Dismantling the Department of Education and returning education to the states will put all U.S. students at risk. Read the full blog: https://edtru.st/4bJd8mI
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This evening, President Trump signed an executive order further gutting the Department of Education. For nearly three decades, EdTrust has stood on the frontlines to ensure that every student, especially our most underserved, receives the high-quality education they deserve. We have not wavered in that mission and will not turn our backs on the students and families now under attack by this administration. Read the full statement: https://edtru.st/4iJEQlv
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New on the Blog: Amid ICE raids on college campuses, immigrant and undocumented students are living in fear for themselves and family members. Read the full blog: https://edtru.st/4bEh4VT #highered #college #educationnews #educationpolicy
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🚨 The dismantling of the Department of Education and defunding USDA directly hits students, teachers, and families across the country. Here is what we are watching: 📌 What’s happening? 📌Civil rights protections and student loan services are being slashed. 🔗https://edtru.st/4igNHLL 📌School meal funding is being cut, making it harder for kids to get the food they need.🔗https://edtru.st/41RtRzu 📌Educators weigh in on what this means for classrooms. 🔗https://edtru.st/43TjJsM When we talk about education policy and funding cuts, we’re talking about real lives. Stay informed, share the facts, and advocate for students. What can you do? EdTrust has a toolkit for this moment. 🔗https://edtru.st/3RenUaV #SaveOurStudents
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Reminder to sign up for ARE's last webinar, happening TOMORROW from 2-3pm ET! Register here: https://edtru.st/3XMmiJi
📢The Alliance For Resource Equity (ARE) is hosting their last webinar in their webinar series: Public Dollars, Private Gain: Exposing the True Cost of School Vouchers, And What to Do About It School vouchers have been billed as programs that provide families with greater educational choices — this is far from the truth. School vouchers divert public dollars away from public schools, decreasing academic outcomes, deepening inequities, and skirting accountability guardrails. With pro-voucher advocates pushing for massive expansions to these programs at the state and federal level, what does this mean for adequate funding and resources in your community? This webinar will explain the true impact of voucher programs, exposing how these programs siphon funding from already under-resourced schools and destabilize the public education system that 90% of children use. EdTrust’s Qubilah Huddleston will share EdTrust resources to help communities launch effective advocacy campaigns against school voucher programs and lead a discussion with the panelists listed below, to share how they are raising their voice against these initiatives. Panelists✨ 📌Sasha Pudelski, Director of Advocacy, AASA, The School Superintendents Association 📌Fred Jones, Senior Director of Public Policy & Advocacy, Southern Education Foundation 📌Beth Lewis, Executive Director, Save Our Schools Arizona 📅Wednesday, March 19th 🕐2:00pm - 3:00pm ET REGISTER HERE: https://edtru.st/3XMmiJi
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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
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📌While a federal government shutdown is never in the national interest, the continuing resolution currently before the United States Senate fails to protect students. Instead of providing stability and ensuring investments in education, it leaves critical funding decisions in the hands of an administration that has repeatedly deprioritized the needs of students — particularly those from underserved communities Click here to read EdTrust's full statement and learn more: https://edtru.st/3R8ZOyj
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EdTrust Condemns the Trump Administration’s Weaponization of Investigations Against DEI in Higher Education. Read our statement from Augustus Mays , vice president of Partnerships and Engagement, on the Trump Administration’s investigations into over 50 universities DEI initiatives. Read More: https://edtru.st/41rwg3T