Ryan J. Smith, Executive Director of The Education Trust–West, issued the following statement on the submission of California's ESSA plan: Last Wednesday, the California State Board of Education approved the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan, despite serious shortcomings that could jeopardize the promise of…
Ryan J. Smith, Executive Director of The Education Trust – West, issued the following statement on the rescinding of DACA: “Today’s DACA Decision is Unconscionable” says Ryan J. Smith, Executive Director of Ed Trust–West “Today’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program is…
Policy Briefing Sponsored by the Assembly Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color Please join us for a briefing about supporting the needs of California’s young men of color for Opportunity Youth Reengagement Month. The event will feature the Education Trust – West’s latest…
“Increasing diversity at colleges and universities is part of actualizing the American dream. We should be doing more – not less – to reach students who have been historically and traditionally underserved. This past November marked the twenty year anniversary of California’s passage of Proposition 209 which barred affirmative action…
The Organization The Education Trust–West (ETW) works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels—pre-kindergarten through college. We expose opportunity and achievement gaps that separate students of color and low-income students from other youth, and we identify and advocate for the strategies…
The Organization The Education Trust–West (ETW) works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels—pre-kindergarten through college. We expose opportunity and achievement gaps that separate students of color and low-income students from other youth, and we identify and advocate for the strategies…
The Organization The Education Trust–West (ETW) works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels—pre-kindergarten through college. We expose opportunity and achievement gaps that separate students of color and low-income students from other youth, and we identify and advocate for the strategies…
The Organization The Education Trust–West (ETW) works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels—pre-kindergarten through college. We expose opportunity and achievement gaps that separate students of color and low-income students from other youth, and we identify and advocate for the strategies…
Today, Governor Brown signed the 2017-18 California state budget. Total funding for Proposition 98 for public schools and community colleges will increase from $71.4 billion in 2016-17 to $74.5 billion in 2017-18. The major education provisions include a $1.4 billion increase in the…
