Press Releases 2002

The Education Trust among the 100 Best Charities featured in Worth Magazine

(Washington, D.C.) -- The Education Trust has been named one of America’s Best Charities by Worth Magazine in its December/January 2003 issue.

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The Education Trust honors pioneers in school counseling reform

(Washington, DC) – The Education Trust has honored six universities for their  work in transforming school counseling programs both in higher education and in K-12 schools.

Add It Up: Mathematics in the U.S. does not compute

(Washington, DC) – A report released today by The Education Trust marshals findings from several large-scale studies of mathematics achievement – both national and international – to argue that improving mathematics achievement in the United States will require a coordinated K-16 approach involving both K-12 and higher education.

The report provides one of the most comprehensive looks to date at what happens to American students as they progress through the system and how their mathematics experiences compare to those of their peers in other countries.

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ALL TALK, NO ACTION: Putting an end to out-of-field teaching

(Washington, DC)– A report released today by The Education Trust offers the first available state-by-state analysis of the newest federal data on the percentage of core academic secondary school classes taught by a teacher without a major or minor in the subject, a practice known as out-of-field  teaching. The study finds that the amount of out-of-field teaching in the nation and states remains unacceptably high, with classes in high-poverty and high-minority schools much more likely to be assigned to a teacher without a major or minor in the subject being taught.

New school finance data analysis shows deep inequities, but gaps in some states decreasing

(Washington, DC)– The Education Trust today released a new report documenting large funding gaps between high- and low-poverty and -minority districts in many states.