This Week’s ESSA News: Alabama’s Waiver Request Intentions, Measuring School Success, SAT or ACT for Accountability?
This Week’s ESSA News: Congressional Pushback Over Plan Approvals, New Questions About High Standards, Alaska & Iowa Approved by Feds
This Week’s ESSA News: And Then There Were 6: A Look at How — and Why — 6 States Have Yet to Get Their ESSA Plans Approved
This Week’s ESSA News: 3 More States See Education Plans Approved, Parents Becoming Professional Development Advocates, Tracking Military Students & More
This Week’s ESSA News: School Choice Missing From Many States’ Plans, Tennessee Testing Woes, South Carolina & Virginia Plans OK’d
This Week’s ESSA News: California and Florida Revise Plans (Finally), Experts Give Equity Advice, Colorado Looks Out for Foster Kids
This Week’s ESSA News: Former Education Secretaries Dig Into ESSA Plans; Democratic Legislators Accuse DeVos of Avoiding Congress
This Week’s ESSA News: Civil Rights Leaders to Congress: Tell DeVos to Stop Approving Unlawful Plans
This Week’s ESSA News — Louisiana, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico Look to Try Out New Forms of Testing; Congress Steps Back In
This Week’s ESSA News — And Now There Are 37: Texas, Idaho, Mississippi and Rhode Island Latest Plans OKed, Millions More in Federal Funding for ESSA-Related Ed Programs
This Week’s ESSA News — Complaints Around ESSA Oversight Threaten Higher Ed Bill; 5 Districts Take On Weighted Funding Pilot
This Week’s ESSA News — A Close Look at How States Are Dealing With Law’s ‘Wild Card’ Provision; School Chiefs Push Back on DeVos’s ‘Tough Love’
This Week’s ESSA News: DeVos Delivers ‘Tough Love’ to State Chiefs on Innovation; ESSA Plans Offer Pre-K Opportunities
This Week’s ESSA News: ‘Less Than Promising’ Thinking on State Accountability Plans, but a ‘Little-Noticed’ Provision Offers Hope on Equity, Transparency
This Week’s ESSA News: 17 States Receive ESSA Extensions, Idaho OKs Revised ESSA Plan After Feds Ask for More Info
This Week’s ESSA News: Why Some Governors Oppose Their Own States’ ESSA Plans, How to Better Communicate Key Policy Issues, and More
This Week’s ESSA News: A Dustup in Florida, a Push for National Equity, and Why One Analysis Says There Are Far Too Many ‘Unambitious’ Plans
This Week’s ESSA News: K-12 Missing in State of the Union, Texas ESSA Weak on ELLs, Better Minn. Grad Rates Not Enough
This Week’s ESSA News: Ed Dept. Pick Gets Grilled, 6 More Plans Get Approved, CA and NY Get Mad
This Week’s ESSA News: As the Education Department Approves 11 Education Plans, a Closer Look at Federal Feedback to States
This Week’s ESSA News: Amid ‘Mounting Concerns,’ U.S. Department of Education Approves Two States, Offers Feedback to Others on Testing, Accountability & Equity
This Week’s ESSA News — Inside the Dept. of Education’s Feedback to 10 States on Testing, Accountability & Disadvantaged Students
This Week’s ESSA News: Independent Peer Review Results Show States Largely Squandered ESSA Opportunities
This Week’s ESSA News: DeVos Lauds ESSA Flexibility, but Critics Say There Might Be a Bit Too Much Wiggle Room
How Will America’s New Education Law Change Your School? 5 Experts Point to the Best New Ideas From ESSA Plans
America’s New Education Law: 3 Experts on the Most Common Mistakes States Are Making With Their ESSA Plans
This Week’s ESSA News: New York’s Waiver Request Sparks Civil Rights Backlash and Florida’s ‘Terrible’ ELL Proposal
How Will America’s New Education Law Make Your School Better? 5 Experts on How States Are Using ESSA to Make Districts More Accountable
Experts Predict 5 Ways America’s New Education Law Will Improve the Average School Day
This Week’s ESSA News: Civil Rights Groups Concerned About Florida’s Education Proposal; Fordham & NCTQ Review Updated State Plans
How Will America’s New Education Law Change Your School? 5 Experts Pick the Most Important Issue Parents Should Be Monitoring in States’ ESSA Plans
This Week’s ESSA News: Parent Platforms, Research-Light State Plans, and the Great Opt-Out Fade-Out
This Week’s ESSA News: Waiver Requests, Plan Revisions, and Too Much Flexibility?
This Week’s ESSA News: State Report Cards’ Data Makeover, Where’s Alexander, AZ’s Transient Students
This Week’s ESSA News: Yes, All 34 Plans Are In, but a Few New Questions About Graduation Requirements and Special Ed
This Week’s ESSA News: Equity, Social-Emotional Learning, and Angst Among the States
This Week’s ESSA News: Senate Dems Worry, Ga. Governor Says No, Closer Round 2 Scrutiny Urged
This Week’s ESSA News: Massachusetts Plan Wins Approval, Florida Tries Waiver Workaround
This Week’s ESSA News: As 30 States Hit Federal Deadline to Submit Education Plans, Democrats Decry Process
This Week’s ESSA News: 32 States Scramble to Submit Their Plans by Monday Deadline
This Week’s ESSA News: How to Make Sure Your State’s New Education Plan Does Well By English Learners
This Week’s ESSA News: Dozen Plans Now OKed, NY and MA Want Waivers, ESSA Author Has Warning
Week in ESSA: Feds Pick Up the Approval Pace, Michigan Tries Again, New America Studies ELLs
This Week in ESSA: Final 4 First-Round States Get Federal Feedback, 6 States Now Approved, Chiefs for Change Weighs In
This Week in ESSA: Pennsylvania Looks to Cut Testing Time, Indiana Reformats A–F Grades & 3 More Approvals
This Week in ESSA: New Info on W. Virginia, Texas & Alabama’s Education Plans; a New Day for Military Students
This Week’s ESSA News: Florida Wants a Waiver, Texas Seeks Comments, and Michigan Gets a Dashboard
This Week in ESSA: Ohio, Montana, Oklahoma, New York Advance Plans as Group Promotes Evidence-Based Rules
This Week’s ESSA News: Science Test Debate, a Career Readiness Blind Spot, and Massachusetts Has Work to Do
This Week’s ESSA News: Conn. Pushes Back, Indiana Likes School Climate, Fla. Wants Waivers
ESSA Reviews Are In: New Mexico, Louisiana Rise to the Top; Michigan, Arizona Falter
This Week’s ESSA News: Pointed Feedback on Federal Feedback, as Iowa, Idaho, Georgia, W. Virginia Post Plans
ESSA Takes Shape: Feds Give Surprisingly Strong Feedback on Delaware, Nevada & New Mexico Plans
How States Are Implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act: Inside Oklahoma & South Dakota’s Plans