Congress' Research Arm Explores Why ESSA's Spending Pilot Has Been Snubbed
The pilot was designed to let districts combine funding streams and direct more money to at-risk students. A new report explores why there's been little interest.
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August 14, 2019
August 13, 2019
States Have a Chance to Align Career-Technical Education Plans With ESSA
A new report from several education groups says states should use career-technical education programs as school improvement tools, among other recommendations.
August 04, 2019
ESSA Puts Pressure on Schools to Reduce Student Absences. Here's How They Might Do It
A new report from FutureEd assesses the research behind interventions designed to tackle chronic absenteeism.
July 17, 2019
Betsy DeVos Approves Testing Flexibility Under ESSA for Two More States
Georgia and North Carolina join Louisiana and New Hampshire as states to receive this flexibility designed to let them try out new ways to assess students' understanding under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
July 15, 2019
Most Students of Color Have White Teachers. Here's Pete Buttigieg's Plan to Change That
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg wants to increase transparency about teacher hiring practices to boost diversity in the field. Would his plan work?
July 08, 2019
Schools' Top Priority for Flexible ESSA Grants Is Safer, Healthier Students
Nearly two-thirds of superintendents said using the grants to help students' welfare was "extremely important," far outpacing the share who said the same about education technology.
June 20, 2019
DeVos Releases ESSA Title I School Spending Guidance
In addressing how federal money for disadvantaged students should supplement state and local aid, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has used a lighter touch than her predecessors in the Obama administration.
June 16, 2019
Betsy DeVos' Lenient Attitude to ESSA Plans Might Showcase Her Political Smarts
States frequently and successfully flexed their muscles when negotiating with the Education Department on Every Student Succeeds Act plans, but that might not mean what many assume about the law, a study finds.
May 19, 2019
How Many Schools Are Low-Performing Under ESSA? Here Are Some Answers
A Center on Education Policy report reveals the share of schools getting identified as needing improvement varies widely by state, with one labeling 69 percent of its schools this way for ESSA purposes.
May 12, 2019
Can a State Just Refuse to Follow the Every Student Succeeds Act?
ESSA doesn't really have the teeth to force a state to follow through on its federal accountability plan, if the state doesn't care about losing key federal funding.
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