Inside the Every Student Succeeds Act
The year-end passage and signing of the Every Student Succeeds Act represents more than just a rare bipartisan agreement on the part of the nation’s chronically polarized policymakers.
For the first time in more than a decade—and a half-century after enactment of the country’s main K-12 law—Congress has redefined the federal role in elementary and secondary education. And it’s done so in a way that aims to enhance the authority of states and school districts that had long chafed at the strictures of ESSA’s predecessor, the No Child Left Behind Act.
Now comes the really hard part: implementation. This special report on ESSA looks at what the law will mean for virtually every aspect of public schooling when it takes full effect in the 2017-18 academic year. Topics include accountability and testing, teacher quality, research, regulation, funding, early-childhood education, and thorny issues involving student groups that often lag behind their peers.
Education Week Experts
E-BOOK
In this e-book, Education Week gets to the heart of a law set to reshape the education policy landscape in a host of issue areas, including school accountability and testing, teacher quality, academic standards, and English-language learners.
Get more stories and free e-newsletters!
Viewed
Emailed
Recommended
Commented
Sponsor Insights
5 Resources on the Power of Interoperability from Unified Edtech
Hiding in Plain Sight - 7 Common Signs of Dyslexia in the Classroom
All Students Are Language Learners: The Imagine Learning Language Advantage™
Climate Change, LGBTQ Issues, Politics & Race: Instructional Materials for Teaching Complex Topics
Evidence-based Coaching: Key Driver(s) of Scalable Improvement District-Wide
Tips for Supporting English Learners Through Personalized Approaches
SEE MORE Insights >
- Executive Director
- Tarrant To and Through Partnership (T3), Fort Worth, Texas
- University Guidance Counselor. IB School. Dubai.
- Galvin Education, Dubai (City) (AE)
- School Psychologist
- Milford Public Schools, Milford, Connecticut
- Special Education Teacher
- Greenwich Education Group, Stamford, Connecticut
- Superintendent, Green Bay Area Schools
- Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates, Green Bay, Wisconsin