No Child Left Behind Act
Education news, analysis, and opinion about the version of the Elementary and Secondary Schools Act in place from 2002 to 2015. It was replaced by the Every Student Succeeds Act.
See also: Every Student Succeeds Act, Federal Policy
No Child Left Behind: An Overview
A primer on the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. Its successor, the Every Student Succeeds Act, replaced NCLB in Dec. 2015.
Reading & Literacy
Will the Common Core Step Up Schools' Focus on Grammar?
To read and understand complex texts, some educators say students will need a deep knowledge of grammar.
Every Student Succeeds Act
Commenters Clash on What ESSA Rules Should Look Like
As the U.S. Department of Education prepares to craft regulations putting the Every Student Succeeds Act into effect, advocates and policymakers offer differing visions for the path forward.
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.
Every Student Succeeds Act
Open Education Resources Get Major Boost From ESSA
The sweeping federal law contains specific language that allows states and local education agencies to channel block grant money focused on technology toward open materials.
Every Student Succeeds Act
Education Department Gets Feedback on Preparing ESSA Rules
Advocates sound off on the first of two hearings how federal officials should go about coming up with rules to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Every Student Succeeds Act
ESSA Poses Capacity Challenges for State Education Agencies
State education departments, hollowed out by budget and staff cuts in recent years, gird for new authority and responsibility under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Every Student Succeeds Act
K-12 Still Struggling for Traction as Campaign Issue
School policy could be further marginalized in the 2016 presidential race now that ESSA resolves big questions over federal power in areas like testing and teacher evaluation.
Every Student Succeeds Act
Education Research Arm Gears Up for New ESSA Role
The Institute of Education Sciences has a new chief, new offices, and a new role—but its own reauthorization is still in limbo.
Equity & Diversity
Political Winds Buffet Tenn.'s Achievement School District
The state-run district that takes over low-performing schools has run into partisan trouble fueled by a study showing progress lagging at those schools compared with other turnaround models.
Every Student Succeeds Act
Arts Learning Keeps Toehold in ESSA
Unlike earlier proposals in Congress, the new law includes language that cements states' obligation to support arts education.
Every Student Succeeds Act
NCLB Rewrite Sets New Path on School Research
The Every Student Succeeds Act takes a more flexible, more nuanced approach to assessing the research evidence for educational programs and policies.
Every Student Succeeds Act
ESSA Reins In, Reshapes Federal Role in Literacy
The new program is smaller and less prescriptive than Reading First, and it can be applied to students of all ages.
Education Funding
Opinion
With ESSA Passage, Delaware Offers Lessons
Paul Herdman of the Rodel Foundation of Delaware checks in where his state is after RTTT and how the state's education plan can serve as a model for other states responding to ESSA's reduction of federal oversight.
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.