This Week’s ESSA News: House Would Give Schools $60 Billion in Relief Aid, Concerns Over Growing Principal Shortage, Texas District Wins Music Ed Award for 6th Straight Year & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Rethinking Student Evaluations Amid the Pandemic, Kansas Receives Federal Early Ed Grant, Groups Call on Congress to Boost K-12 Funding & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Indiana Prioritizing Connection Over Attendance During Pandemic, Oklahoma’s Push for Pre-K, DeVos’s Escalating Campaign to Promote School Choice & More
This Week’s ESSA News: How California Is Rethinking School Accountability During the Pandemic, What Schools and Districts Must Report After Receiving CARES Funds & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Concerns Over Another School Rating Overhaul in Kentucky, $3 Billion More for Emergency Education Relief Fund, Taking Attendance Amid the Pandemic & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Bracing for Coronavirus’s Long-Term Accountability Impact, Virginia Receives Flexible Funding Approval, $65 Million in New Charter Grants & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Texas Waives Testing, Concerns Over CARES Act Transparency, New Rules to Unify Standards at the Bureau of Indian Education & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Current Law Restricts DeVos’s Waiver Powers, Homeschooled Students Not Necessarily Freed From Annual Tests & More
This Week’s ESSA News: A New Way to Compare Graduation Rates, Illinois Becomes First State to Feature Arts as Key State Measure, Feds Grant Testing Waivers & More
This Week’s ESSA News: How Coronavirus Could Warp Absenteeism Data, Using School-Level Spending Data to Better Understand Classroom Equity & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Montana’s Rural Schools Spared From Federal Cuts, Leveraging ESSA Funds for STEAM Education, Expanding Support for Military Kids & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Kentucky Looks to Revamp School Accountability System, DeVos Announces Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault Involving School Employees, Testing Innovations & More
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This Week’s ESSA News: Trump’s Education Budget Under Fire, Idaho Rethinks Accountability Goals, Building Trust Key to Engaging Rural Parents in Georgia & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Idaho Chief Warns Against Repealing Academic Standards, Federal Funding for STEAM Education, DeVos Sees Block Grants Driving Local Flexibility & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Senators Push for Analysis on Early College High Schools, an Ohio Argument to Boost Federal Education Funding, New Spending Data Sparks Debates & More
This Week’s ESSA News: The Opportunities and Risks of New Hampshire’s Innovative Assessment Experiment, 4 States Are Approved for ‘Ed-Flex’ Regulation Waivers & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Child Safety Accounts to Flee Dangerous Schools, School Laundry Room and Other Supports in NJ, Chasing Equity in AZ & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Why a New DOE Spending Study Could Have Major Implications for Equity, Rewriting the Rules on Religious Liberty & More
This Week’s ESSA News: A School Turnaround Success Story in Texas, New Debates Over Who Should Control Attendance Policies, a Call for Better ELL Data & More
This Week’s ESSA News: A Boost for Early Education in Colorado, High Grades for Indiana’s Classrooms, Predicting a 2020 Pendulum Swing on School Accountability & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Missouri Data Reveals Wide Range in Per-Pupil Spending, States Using Tech to Personalize Learning, Leaders Reflect on ESSA Four Years In & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Maryland Releases Second Year of School Ratings, School Climate Surveys Emerging as Accountability Measure, Looking Ahead to Reauthorization & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Proposed Changes to Civil Rights Data Collection Worries Some, D.C. Schools Improve, Letting Fla. ELLs Take Tests in Their Own Language & More
This Week’s ESSA News: A Push for Rigorous Arts Education in New York, California Districts Leading the Way on Foster Students, a Call for Better Teacher Data & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Nearly Half of Louisiana Schools Require School Improvement Plans, North Carolina Grappling With Persistent Achievement Gaps & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Social-Emotional Learning Takes Priority; Standardized Testing Throughout the Year, Not at the End; Ed Reform in Idaho & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Idaho Scores Show Latino Students Falling Behind, New York Failing to Report Foster Youth Data, the Tricky Process Behind ‘Innovative’ Assessments & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Innovative Math Meets ESSA Standards, States Retreat on Teacher Evaluation Reforms, Oregon Welcomes ESSA Flexibility & More
This Week’s ESSA News: States Struggling With How to Report School Spending Data, Education Department Puts Focus on Equitable Services for Private Schools & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Preschool Programs More Segregated Than K-12 Schools, Montana Receives $50 Million Literacy Grant, Failing Foster Kids & More
This Week’s ESSA News: State Leaders Growing Anxious Over Financial Reviews of Lagging Districts, Feds Announce $123 Million in Innovation Grants & More
This Week’s ESSA News: How a New Kentucky Law Puts Its Federal School Funding at Risk, Officials ‘Get Personal’ in Fighting Student Absenteeism & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Big Per Pupil Spending Differences in Illinois, Finding School Art Partners Online, the Challenges of Rural School Turnaround & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Looking for Vendors With Proof of Effectiveness, How ESSA Is Changing State Testing, Which States Are Making Student Well-Being a Priority & More
This Week’s ESSA News: High School Grads Not College and Career Ready, School-Level Spending Data Worthwhile, Embracing Evidence-Based Interventions & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Helping Cut the Cost of CTE, Few State Accountability Plans Incorporate the Arts, Individual School Spending Data Reveal Big Difference & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Michigan to Have 2 Accountability Systems This School Year, 2 New States Approved to Try Innovative Testing, Presidential Hopefuls Aim to Boost Title I & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Giving More Power to the States Doesn’t Mean the Feds Have None, Where Did the Money Go, Whole Child Evolution & More
This Week’s ESSA News: New Mexico Doing Away With School Grades, More States Experimenting With Innovative Tests & More
This Week’s ESSA News: The ‘Uncomfortable Conversations Raised by School Spending Data,’ National Black Parents ESSA Town Hall & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Indiana Resolves Dispute With Feds Over Funding Struggling Schools, New Legislation to Ease the Teacher Shortage, Refocusing the Funding Conversation & More
This Week’s ESSA News: How Pennsylvania Businesses Are Partnering With Schools to Enhance STEM Curricula, a Spotlight on the Challenges Facing Homeless Students & More
This Week’s ESSA News: States Buck Feds but Still See Plans OKed, Parent Confusion Over Low-Performing Schools, Using 4-Year Grad Rate Hurts English Learners & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Why Kentucky Is Revamping Its School Accountability System, How California Can Pair Additional Education Funding With More Effective Reporting & More
This Week’s ESSA News: How Schools Can Use ESSA Funds to Boost Social-Emotional Learning and Instruction, How Idaho Is Missing the Mark on Early ESSA Targets & More
This Week’s ESSA News: How States View Struggling Schools, Polling Principals on Concerns About the New Law, Tennessee PTA Lands Grant to Empower Parents on School Report Cards & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Congress Looks to Prioritize Whole-Child Supports, Democrats Aim to Boost Federal School Spending, Integrated Student Supports & More
This Week’s ESSA News: Keeping Bias out of School Measurements, Fighting Chronic Absenteeism, Risking Federal Funds