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Through data analysis, research, and advocacy, we build awareness of education and racial equity gaps and drive policies that ensure all students in New York— particularly Black, Latinx, Native American, Asian American and Pacific Islander and those from low-income backgrounds — receive a high-quality, culturally sustaining education.
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Equipping Children and Families with what they Need to Thrive
Eliminating Barriers to Educational Opportunity
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The Latest From EdTrust-New York
EdTrust-New York Welcomes Key Education Investments in Final Budget, Calls for Further Action on Equity Gaps
EdTrust-New York welcomes the final state budget’s support for several of our educational equity priorities. The budget commits $4.5 billion to universal child care and pre-K, allocates $30 million for K-12 priorities, including math and literacy instruction, high-impact tutoring, and College in High School programming, and provides $1 million for Emergency Aid at SUNY and CUNY. We also appreciate the new safeguards included in the budget to protect immigrant students’ access to education at a time when students and families need additional support and clear reminders that all children belong in school. Finally, we support the changes to the Foundation Aid formula, which direct more funding to students who face the greatest barriers to opportunity, including those experiencing homelessness, those in foster care, and English Language Learners/Multilingual Learners
New Report Shows New York’s Literacy Reforms Leave Multilingual Learners Behind
EdTrust-New York released a new report, Out of Reach: The State of Multilingual Learner Literacy in New York, which finds that the state’s recent literacy reforms fail to meaningfully include multilingual learners, despite their share of the student population and persistently low literacy outcomes.
New Report Finds Thousands of Qualified New York Students “Proficient and Passed Over” for Eighth Grade Algebra 1
The New York Equity Coalition, convened by EdTrust-New York, released a new report, Proficient and Passed Over: Disparities in Eighth Grade Algebra 1 Enrollment, showing that New York schools deny tens of thousands of academically prepared students access to eighth grade Algebra 1, an essential accelerated gateway to college and career success.
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