The states become the fifth and sixth to be approved by the U.S. Department of Education.

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Every single one of the seventeen plans for ESSA have been turned have gotten feedback from U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos' team.

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Arizona, North Dakota, and Vermont will have to make changes to their ESSA plans on a range of issues, including accountability, low-performing schools, and more.

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The Trump Education Department has given four states the green light on their plans to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act.

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A key section of Michigan's plan to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act is so sparse that the U.S. Department of Education isn't sure it's ready for formal review.

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Acting assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education Jason Botel may not hold that title much longer, sources say.

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We hardly hear anything about ESSA's "innovative assessment pilot" any more, including from the U.S. Department of Education.

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The feds' response to those two states represent the first time the U.S. Department of Education has provided feedback since it announced changes to the ESSA review process.

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Initial feedback on the state's plan had some key people in Washington worried the Trump Education Department was overstepping the bounds of the law.

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The U.S. Department of Education has laid out final regulations for how states and districts must link school turnaround strategies to research evidence.

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