See How States Plan to Approach Equity
The recommendations include ideas like collecting better data on student outcomes, improving access to early childhood education, and beefing-up teacher quality.
Betsy DeVos Tells State Chiefs Group: 'States Are in the Driver's Seat' on ESSA
"She clearly said to me that the states need to be in control of a lot of these decisions," said Chris Minnich, the executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers.
Two GOP Senators Announce Opposition to Betsy DeVos
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said they would vote against DeVos over concerns about her track record with and knowledge of public schools.
Which GOP Senators Could Reject DeVos? Look to Rural, Anti-Voucher Republicans
A 2015 Senate vote on a federal school choice bill provides a clue about which senators might not be big DeVos fans.
What Could Betsy DeVos Really Get Done as Education Secretary?
The short answer: Maybe not quite as much as you might think. For one thing, the Every Student Succeeds Act doesn't give her much running room.
Senate Committee Backs Betsy DeVos, But Two Future GOP Votes Uncertain
Democrats tried a variety of tactics to attack DeVos' nomination, questioning her fitness for the job, her political background, and her ability to avoid conflicts of interest.
See Betsy DeVos' Responses to a Key Democrat on Common Core, ESSA, Civil Rights
The Senate education committee is meeting Tuesday to vote on President Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, a billionaire school choice advocate, best known for her work chairing the American Federation for Children.
Democrats Raise Additional Questions About DeVos Financial Disclosure
As a Senate committee nears a vote on Betsy DeVos's nomination as U.S. secretary of education, several Democrats on the panel continue to press concerns about the nominee's financial disclosure and ethics agreement.
Nearly 250 Education-Related Groups Urge Senators to Reject Betsy DeVos
The Jan. 30 letter from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights was released one day before the Senate education committee's scheduled vote on DeVos' nomination.
Trump's Executive Order on Regulations Has Unclear Impact on Education Dept.
The issue of the regulatory burden coming from the federal government has come up recently in connection with higher education and with a spending requirement in the Every Student Succeeds Act.
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