Formal Testimony and Comment

Testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Date: 
February 7 2013

United States Senate
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee

February 7, 2013

Written Testimony of
Kati Haycock, President, The Education Trust

 

Chairman Harkin, Senator Alexander, and Members of the Committee, thank you for providing me with the opportunity to share with you some initial observations on the state-proposed, Department-approved No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver plans.

My name is Kati Haycock and I am President of The Education Trust. The Education Trust is a nonprofit advocacy organization that 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 low-income students and students of color — to lives on the margins of the American mainstream.

Whether the NCLB waivers represent progress on – or backsliding from – a national commitment to closing gaps and raising achievement is a critical question, and I appreciate this opportunity to provide The Education Trust’s thoughts on that issue. Given time constraints, I will focus just on the accountability provisions.

Testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training

Date: 
September 20 2012

United States House of Representatives

Committee on Education and the Workforce

Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training

September 20, 2012

Written Testimony of

José L. Cruz, Vice President, Higher Education Policy and Practice, The Education Trust

 

Chairwoman Foxx, Ranking Member Hinojosa, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you this morning on the importance of data transparency for students, parents, and institutions of higher education.

Testimony to the Commission on Effective Teachers and Teaching of the National Education Association

Date: 
March 21 2011

Richard Lemons
Vice President for K-12 Policy and Practice
The Education Trust

Testimony to the Commission on Effective Teachers and Teaching of the
National Education Association
February 10, 2010

 

If you will humor me, I thought it useful to anchor my comments within a set of personal experiences dating back some  20 years when I first entered the teaching profession.

Testimony by Ed Trust Vice President José Cruz to U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Date: 
March 10 2011 - March 17 2011

Chairman Harkin, Ranking Member Enzi, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you on the impact of the for-profit college sector on low-income and minority students.

The Education Trust is a research and advocacy organization that promotes high academic achievement for all students at all levels—pre-kindergarten through college.  While many organizations speak up for the adults who, as employees or shareholders, have financial interests in schools and colleges, we at the Ed Trust speak up for those that are most vul

Kati Haycock Delivers Testimony on ESEA Reauthorization to U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce

Date: 
March 1 2011 - March 1 2012

Chairman Kline, Ranking Member Miller, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you this morning on the role of the federal government in education and its impact on states, districts, and schools.

In his address to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last month, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels aptly captured the historic federal role in education when he said, “Our first thought is always for those on life’s first rung, and how we might increase their chances of climbing.”

Indeed, from the first iteration of the Elementary a

Letter Urging Amendments to Keep Our Educators Working Act

Date: 
May 13 2010

Read the letter from Ed Trust and other reform advocates urging Congress to ensure the act's funds are used only to save educators' jobs, not pad states' rainy-day funds. 

Download: 
application/pdf iconAmend the Keep Our Educators Working Act.pdf

Read Why Congress Should Amend the Keep Our Educators Working Act

Date: 
May 13 2010

Six Reasons the Keep Our EducatorsWorking Act Should be Amended to Require States Receiving Funds to End Seniority-Only Teacher-Layoff Policies

Download: 
application/pdf iconKeep Our Educators Working Letter to Congress.5-13.pdf

Letter to Senate HELP Committee on ESEA Reauthorization

Date: 
May 7 2010

Read the letter to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The document contains sections on Accountability for Results, Standards and Assessments, Ensuring Equitable Access to Effective Teachers and Leaders, Turning Around Our Lowest Performing Schools, Funding Fairness, Instructional Supports for Teachers, and Public Information and Reporting.

Download: 
application/pdf iconEd Trust ESEA Comments.pdf

Letter in Support of ESEA Fiscal Fairness Act

Date: 
April 30 2010

Read the letter to Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.) from Ed Trust and other groups in support of closing the comparability loophole in Title I.

Download: 
application/pdf iconClose the Comparability Loophole3.pdf

Reauthorization of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

Date: 
April 13 2010

Read the Ed Trust letter to the chair and ranking member of the House Committee on Science and Technology urging the committee to retain strong incentives for scholarship recipients to teach in high-needs schools.

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application/pdf iconRobert Noyce Scholarship Letter 041310.pdf