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10/08/2025
Published by keshav on 10/08/2025
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Shaping the Future: Reflections on the Student Parent Summit 2025

Between the Student Parent Summit and the launch of the second Community of Practice for California colleges and universities, September was a busy month for The […]
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06/17/2025
Published by Natalie Wheatfall-Lum on 06/17/2025
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TK and Black families: What an #EdEquityForum Session Should Teach Us About TK Outreach

As a longtime advocate and TK-12 Policy Director at EdTrust-West, I looked forward to the Advancing Equity in Transitional Kindergarten for Black Families session at the […]
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05/20/2025
Published by Denise Luna on 05/20/2025
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Time to Act: A California Commission on Black Education Transformation

Black Minds Matter 2025: Building Bright Black Futures, is a wakeup call for California. It highlights how, even in 2025, Black students are still being denied […]
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04/30/2025
Published by Natalie Wheatfall-Lum on 04/30/2025
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California Owes a Debt to Black Youth

As a Black education justice advocate for the last 10 years, the amount of apathy and resignation that education leaders, decision-makers, and even my fellow advocates […]
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04/24/2025
Published by Brian Rivas on 04/24/2025
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The Proposed 2025-26 California State Budget: 4 Things to Know

It’s that time again, when California state leaders propose investments that impact our state’s schools and colleges for the year to come.  EdTrust-West and our partner […]
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04/07/2025
Published by EdTrust-West on 04/07/2025
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Q&A Blog with Niambi Clay, EdTrust-West’s Director of Educator Engagement

Niambi Clay has over 30 years of experience creating thriving educational conditions for all students. She has been a classroom teacher, district administrator, COO of a […]
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01/27/2025
Published by Dr. Christopher J. Nellum on 01/27/2025
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2025: 5 Things on My Mind

Somehow, we are already a few weeks into a new year, and already getting regular reminders in the news about what an uphill battle racial equity […]
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11/25/2024
Published by Denise Luna on 11/25/2024
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Myth-Busting Four Common Misconceptions about Remedial Calculus at California Community Colleges

Who gets placed in which courses and whether they succeed as a result is a major educational and racial equity issue for California’s community college students. […]
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10/31/2024
Published by Roy Tongilava on 10/31/2024
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Shedding Light on California’s Multilingual Learners in the Cradle-to-Career Data System

One out of every five students in California schools is currently an English Learner, also referred to as a multilingual learner (MLL). Despite progress in recent […]
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