Title I

Federal Is Special Education Driving Funding Gaps Within School Districts?
There's a lively debate about intradistrict funding gaps between schools with low levels of state and local aid and their wealthier counterparts. But is a major factor being overlooked?
Andrew Ujifusa, May 24, 2016
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4 min read
Every Student Succeeds Act ESSA Rules on Title I Funding Stymie Negotiators
Members of the Every Student Succeeds Act negotiated rulemaking committee couldn't agree on how to ensure that federal Title I aid for low-income students does not supplant state and local money.
Andrew Ujifusa, April 11, 2016
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4 min read
Every Student Succeeds Act ESSA Guidance Continues to Roll Out
Testing issues and states without NCLB waivers are among the topics discussed in some recent the Education Department guidance on transition to the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Alyson Klein, February 8, 2016
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2 min read
Every Student Succeeds Act Test-Participation Mandate Puts States on Spot
Despite the rise of the testing opt-out movement, states are still on the hook to assure that 95 percent of eligible students take state exams in English/language arts and math.
Andrew Ujifusa, January 26, 2016
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6 min read
Maritza Fabian, a 3rd grader at Rose Hill Elementary School in the Adams 14 school district in Commerce City, Colo., attends a Spanish class last September. The district is under a federal compliance agreement to correct discrimination, including against bilingual students and staff.
Maritza Fabian, a 3rd grader at Rose Hill Elementary School in the Adams 14 school district in Commerce City, Colo., attends a Spanish class last September. The district is under a federal compliance agreement to correct discrimination, including against bilingual students and staff.
Nathan W. Armes for Education Week
Every Student Succeeds Act ELL Advocates Hopeful and Wary of New Federal K-12 Law
The new law will bring a number of changes to ELL policy that has some advocates and educators worried about the 5 million and growing population of English-learners.
Corey Mitchell, January 5, 2016
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3 min read
Every Student Succeeds Act Education Department Gets Slight Boost in FY 2016 Deal
Title I aid and state grants for special education are among some of the areas receiving increased aid under the omnibus federal budget deal signed last month.
Andrew Ujifusa, January 5, 2016
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2 min read
Every Student Succeeds Act States, Districts to Call Shots on Turnarounds Under ESSA
The new federal K-12 law still requires states to identify their worst-performing schools, but states and districts have great leeway in how to turn them around.
Daarel Burnette II, January 5, 2016
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4 min read
Every Student Succeeds Act Funding Flexibility Enhanced Under New K-12 Law
ESSA, the newly reauthorized version of the ESEA, makes changes in how schools can use money set aside for economically disadvantaged students.
Andrew Ujifusa, January 5, 2016
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6 min read
Federal U.S. Department of Education Places Massachusetts Title I funds on "High Risk"
The state decided last month to allow districts to chose whether to take PARCC or state-specific exams.
Daarel Burnette II, December 22, 2015
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2 min read
Federal Ed. Department Puts Massachusetts Title I Funds on 'High Risk' Status
The department said the state must show that it is administering the same test statewide to students in grades 3-8 and high school by May 31, 2016, or else potentially lose a portion of the state's Title I funds.
Andrew Ujifusa, December 22, 2015
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2 min read
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., left, and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., talk, before a meeting of House and Senate negotiators trying to resolve competing versions of a rewrite to the No Child Left Behind education law.
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., left, and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., talk, before a meeting of House and Senate negotiators trying to resolve competing versions of a rewrite to the No Child Left Behind education law.
Jacquelyn Martin/AP
Every Student Succeeds Act Days Could Be Numbered for No Child Left Behind
A bipartisan deal awaiting action in the House and the Senate would rewrite the law to give states lots of leeway on accountability, school turnarounds, and teacher evaluation, while keeping such “transparency” provisions as annual student testing.
Alyson Klein, November 25, 2015
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7 min read
Every Student Succeeds Act Key Spending Provision in House ESEA Bill's Cross Hairs
A House-approved bill to renew the Elementary and Secondary Education Act would scrap the law’s "maintenance of effort" requirement.
Andrew Ujifusa, November 3, 2015
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6 min read
Every Student Succeeds Act School Choice Backers Lukewarm on Provision in ESEA Rewrite
The House of Representatives would let states' Title I aid follow disadvantaged students to the public schools of their choice, but the portability rule doesn't go far enough for some.
Andrew Ujifusa, October 27, 2015
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5 min read
Since the 1980s, Flint, Mich., has suffered job losses and high rates of crime and poverty. Flint's school district could stand to gain from a proposed change in the Title I formula for funding. Title I is a U.S. government program that provides funds to schools with a high percentage of low-income families.
Since the 1980s, Flint, Mich., has suffered job losses and high rates of crime and poverty. Flint's school district could stand to gain from a proposed change in the Title I formula for funding. Title I is a U.S. government program that provides funds to schools with a high percentage of low-income families.
Brian Widdis for Education Week
Every Student Succeeds Act Two Proposals, Two Ways to Dole Out Title I Money
The House and Senate bills to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act offer different takes on how to distribute federal aid for poor students.
Andrew Ujifusa, October 20, 2015
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7 min read
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