2021 Television Diary
Take a break from state government and read what host David Lombardo watched on tv in 2021.
State budget invests in college affordability
Education Trust-NY's Dia Bryant outlines how the recently adopted state budget makes higher education more affordable.
Could FAFSA become a required high school rite of passage?
Education Trust-NY Executive Director Dia Bryant makes the case for mandating high school graduate fill out the FAFSA form.
Creating equitable education opportunities
Education Trust-New York Executive Director Dia Bryant analyzes access initiatives from the governor’s state of the state address.
Expanding access to early college programs
Early college high school programs give students an opportunity to earn college credits and accelerate their academic career.
Retention gap among teachers in New York
A new study found that teachers of color are retained at lower rates than their white peers in New York schools.
Child poverty council scheduled to start work
The Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council is tasked with writing roadmap to cutting poverty in half.
Finding meaning in low-turnout standardized tests
Less than half the students in grade 3 - 8 who normally take standardized tests sat for their exams this past spring.
New York grows its investment in early childhood education – for now
April 15, 2021 - The recently adopted state budget took a big step forward in ensuring that all children in New York have access to free pre-kindergarten instruction. Dia Bryant, interim executive director of Education Trust New York,
January 2, 2020: Bail reforms in New York
Much of the conversation surrounding bail in Albany has been over the reforms passed in 2019. However, one major reform to the state’s bail reform, charitable bail, did not make it over the goal line. Susan Bryant, Executive
