Press Releases 1998

Education Trust Releases Bi-Annual State and National Data Book on Educational Quality and Equity in the U.S. -- Key to Closing the Achievement Gap Lies in Common Sense Solutions and the Will to Make it Happen

(Washington, D.C) In releasing Education Watch: The Education Trust 1998 State and National Data Book, Kati Haycock, Director of The Education Trust, called for  immediate and bold action to close the achievement gap and to raise overall student achievement.

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Education Trust Report: Good Teaching Matters...A LOT

(Washington, DC) A report released today by The Education Trust marshals findings from several recent large-scale studies of student achievement to argue that policy makers hoping to boost student achievement must attend, first and foremost, to issues of teacher quality - the quality of teacher preparation, recruitment, licensure, hiring, assignment and ongoing professional development.