Formal Testimony and Comment

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.

As a recent graduate certified in secondary social studies, I sent out resumes to sever

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. 

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

Ed Trust Collaborates on Comments to Ed Department on Civil Rights Survey

Date: 
November 10 2009

On Nov 6, The Education Trust, with Democrats for Education Reform and the  Education Equality Project, submitted comments to the Department of Education on its proposal for improving the  Civil Rights Data Collection survey for school year 2009-10.

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application/pdf iconCRDC Comments from DFER EEP and Ed Trust.pdf

Testimony of Linda Murray, Acting Executive Director, The Education Trust–West, to House Education and Labor Committee Hearing on Teacher Quality and Distribution

Date: 
September 30 2009

Chairman Miller, members of the committee: Thank you very much for providing me with the opportunity to talk with you this morning  about the importance of strong teaching  to our  effort to boost student achievement and close achievement gaps.