The Education Trust—West works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels, pre-k through college. They expose opportunity and achievement gaps that separate students of color and low-income students from other youth, and they identify and advocate for the strategies that will forever close those gaps

Advocates for educational justice and the high academic achievement of all California students, particularly those of color and living in poverty.

What They Do

Identify and analyze data related to the opportunity and achievement gaps separating students of color and low-income students from other California students. They work to expose these gaps and their underlying causes.
Translate complex education data into easily understood and actionable information for education advocates.
Work directly with schools and districts to understand and evaluate the effectiveness of reform strategies intended to reduce and eliminate achievement and opportunity gaps.
Seek real world examples supported by evidence at the district, school, and classroom levels, and they explore ways in which success can be replicated at a scale.
Seek to influence policy in California by engaging key education stakeholders, including policymakers, thought leaders, practitioners, community groups, civic organizations, parents, and youth. Their goal is to drive a state and national conversation about how their education system can better serve all students.

The Education Trust—West works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels, pre-k through college.They expose opportunity and achievement gaps that separate students of color and low-income students from other youth, and they identify and advocate for the strategies that will forever close those gaps

Their Core Beliefs

Education has the transformative power to close the opportunity and achievement gaps that separate students of color and low-income students from other young Americans.
All students will learn at high levels when they are taught at high levels.
Great school leaders and highly effective teachers play the most important roles in closing opportunity and achievement gaps.
All educational decisions must be made in the best interest of their highest need students to achieve equitable outcomes.
The cultural and linguistic diversity of California’s students and communities will fuel the next generation of state growth and prosperity.