At All4Ed, we are committed to expanding equitable educational opportunities for students of color, students from low-income families, and other marginalized groups. Search our publications, podcasts, videos, webinars, and other tools to learn more about the policies and practices we promote to ensure all students graduate from high school prepared for college, work, and life. 

publication | Career and Technical Education, College and Career Pathways, Every Student Succeeds Act, K to Gray, Raise The Bar, Unlocking Career Success, US Department of Education

The Military Connected Youth Playbook is a strategic guide that offers resources to stakeholders engaged with military-connected youth in an educational environment. Military-connected youth are Highly Mobile Youth. This playbook can help stakeholders address the needs of students who frequently transition throughout the year. This resource was created as part of the U.S. Department of…

publication | Career and Technical Education, College and Career Pathways, Data, Every Student Succeeds Act, K to Gray, Opportunity to Learn, Social and Emotional Learning, US Department of Education

Career-connected learning can offer certainty for students experiencing frequent and significant amounts of change. Highly Mobile Youth are students who, either unplanned or planned, change schools or districts during an academic year. In some cases, some of these students may experience homelessness, are in foster care, part of military-connected or migratory agricultural families, or have…

publication | Career and Technical Education, College and Career Pathways, Data, Every Student Succeeds Act, K to Gray, Opportunity to Learn, Raise The Bar, Social and Emotional Learning, Unlocking Career Success, US Department of Education

Language development is a core aspect of career-connected learning. Developed together, being multilingual, multiliterate, and multicultural is an asset in both our classrooms and in our places of work, which can unlock postsecondary and career access, earn valuable industry credentials, and connect our nation’s youth to the global economy. As the English learner population grows,…

publication | Career and Technical Education, College and Career Pathways, Data, Every Student Succeeds Act, High Schools, Higher Education, K to Gray, Opportunity to Learn, Raise The Bar, Social and Emotional Learning, Unlocking Career Success, US Department of Education

The Individuals with Disabilities Playbook features evidence that Career and Technical Education programs unlock untapped potential in students with disabilities and should, therefore, be available, accessible, and effective. Through case studies and action items, this playbook offers resources to promote equitable access to career-connected learning further. It provides opportunities for students with disabilities to gain…

publication | Accountability and Support, Assessment, Congress, Every Student Succeeds Act, US Department of Education

Explaining what states need ESEA waivers for, what federal education requirements can and cannot be waived, and the waiver request process in ESSA.

publication | Accountability and Support, Every Student Succeeds Act, US Department of Education

Our joint comments supporting the U.S. Department of Education’s guidance for states and districts on how to support their lowest-performing schools

publication | Accountability and Support, Every Student Succeeds Act, US Department of Education

EdTrust and All4Ed’s suggestions to further strengthen the draft guidance for implementing ESSA’s school improvement provisions

blog | Accountability and Support, College and Career Pathways, Congress, Every Student Succeeds Act, Federal Education Budget, US Department of Education

by Ally McCraw
March 22, 2024

Legislation funding the Department of Education for FY 2024 was finally unveiled. The primary theme? It could have been worse

publication | Accountability and Support, Every Student Succeeds Act, Federal Education Budget, Funding Equity

States should use accountability to identify and provide extra resources to struggling schools, yet many schools spent less, not more, after being identified.