by Liz Warden | Jul 15, 2025 | Statements
NEW YORK, NY – EdTrust-New York supports the state’s new Portrait of a Graduate, particularly its focus on culturally responsive education and real-world readiness. However, we remain deeply concerned that eliminating the Regents exams and implementing new graduation...
by Liz Warden | Jan 14, 2025 | Press Release
NEW YORK — Governor Kathy Hochul’s 2025 State of the State address highlights several important proposals aimed at advancing educational equity, particularly for New York’s youngest children, families and students in college. While these initiatives represent...
by Liz Warden | Oct 30, 2024 | Blog
By Arlen Benjamin-Gomez, Executive Director of EdTrust-New York In today’s job market, higher education is increasingly essential. By the 2030s, most good jobs will require a bachelor’s degree, making it vital that students graduate high school with the...
by Liz Warden | Jun 11, 2024 | Statements
NEW YORK –EdTrust-New York is deeply concerned about the potential repercussions of proposed changes to state graduation requirements on educational equity, particularly for students of color, those from low-income backgrounds, and those in historically underserved...
by Liz Warden | Mar 22, 2024 | Statements
“The graduation data released this week strongly suggests that the graduation rate did not change pre- and post-pandemic, which raises serious concerns. These students entered high school in the fall of 2019 and had to abruptly transition to remote learning in...
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