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#NowHiring EdTrust-West is seeking its 8th cohort of Russlynn Ali Summer Fellows for 2025. During the 10-week summer program, fellows will gain exposure to California's current educational landscape's issues, policies, and politics and work on projects to improve students’ access, outcomes, and experiences. This is a PAID, full-time (37.5 hours/week) fellowship starting June 16th through August 22nd. Candidates should be undergraduate or graduate students, or recent graduates at the beginning of their careers post-graduation. The fellowship roles will be remote, except for two in-person cohort gatherings in Oakland, California. Learn more details and apply by March 16, 2025: edtrustwest.info/jobs #EdTrustWest

??Despite Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s speech on Tuesday about the Department of Education’s “final mission” and the leaked memo yesterday, the timing of issuing an executive order (EO) to dismantle the Department of Education continues to be delayed. The impending EO’s sole purpose is to destroy the guardrails that have long served to open up educational opportunities for all students — particularly students of color, students from low-income backgrounds, students with disabilities, and multilingual learners. Moreover, this is designed to erode the public’s trust in an institution that currently serves more than 50 million K-12 students and 15 million students in post-secondary education. We firmly believe that gutting the Department of Education will cause irreparable damage to our nation’s students. In order to #SaveOurStudents, public education must be not only preserved but enhanced. Together, we can reimagine an education system in a way that will better serve all students, who represent the future of America.

We’re calling for a State Commission on Black Education Transformation. Why? Because, as our new #BlackMindsMatter2025 report shows, California’s fragmented education governance is failing Black students at almost every turn. Learn more about the alarmingly slow pace of progress statewide—despite change agents and plenty of evidence-based strategies we point to—in Black Minds Matter 2025: Building Bright Black Futures. www.BlackMindsMatter.org #BlackMindsMatter #BlackMindsMatter2025

?? I am fired up to spend time this weekend with over 250 student leaders at the University of California Student Association 2025 student lobby conference! My experience at UC Santa Barbara set me on this path and I’m so humbled to have the opportunity to reach back and invest in our current (and future) leaders. Onward! Andddddd I might just bring a special little guest with me! ?? #LegislatingABetterFuture #ucsa #cahighered #highered Cc EdTrust-West

ICYMI: California’s leaders are speaking up about Black Minds Matter 2025: Building Bright Black Futures. Check out the report materials and see what California Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber, UCLA’s Dr. Tyrone Howard, UC President Dr. Michael Drake, Assemblymember Mia Bonta, and more are saying about the urgent need to do better for Black students in our state by visiting www.BlackMindsMatter.org #BlackMindsMatter #BlackMindsMatter2025

Linda McMahon has just been confirmed as Secretary of Education. Augustus Mays, EdTrust’s VP of Partnerships and Engagement has a message for what this moment means for education in our country. Read the blog: https://edtru.st/4bshcaA #educationnews #educationpolicy #DeptofEd

?? Are you in Los Angeles? Join EdTrust-West on March 13 as we explore key insights from our report, “Paving the Path to College Readiness for Students of Color in the Los Angeles Unified School District,” engage with a dynamic panel of education equity champions, and celebrate Mónica García’s lasting contributions to Los Angeles Unified. RSVP is required (FREE event): https://lnkd.in/gp4R_aYb #EdTrustWest #EdTrustWestLA

A new report from education advocacy organization EdTrust-West reveals that California's educational system continues to fail Black students despite years of rhetoric about equity and inclusion.

Words cannot describe how grateful I am to be apart of EdTrust-West's newest report - Black Minds Matter: Building Black Bright Futures. This report is a labor of love, one in which we insist that Black students and parents across the state are seeking the transformative education they deserve and California must do right by them. Check out the full report and materials, and learn why EdTrust-West is calling for a new State Commission on Black Education Transformation here: www.BlackMindsMatter.org #BlackMindsMatter #BlackMindsMatter2025 #CAEdu #CALeg #CAHigherEd #CABudget

In the areas of chronic absenteeism, suspension and reading proficiency, the rates for Black students in California remain largely the same as they were a decade ago. That is the focus of a new report,?Black Minds Matter 2025, which provides new insight and recommendations on education for Black students in California a decade after the?first iteration?of the report was published by?EdTrust-West.