Every Student Succeeds Act
Education news, analysis, and opinion about the Every Student Succeeds Act.
The Every Student Succeeds Act: An ESSA Overview
2015's Every Student Succeeds Act rolls back much of the federal government's big footprint in education policy.
Special Report
Putting ESSA's Puzzle Together
This special report on the Every Student Succeeds Act offers a big-picture look at the state of play on ESSA nationally some three years after the federal K-12 law’s passage.
Special Report
ESSA on the Runway
The Every Student Succeeds Act makes its classroom debut this fall. Here’s a look at where things stand after more than two years of preparation by states and school districts that must make ESSA legislative blueprint a reality.
Quality Counts
Special Report
Quality Counts 2017: Building on ESSA's K-12 Foundation
Quality Counts is Education Week's annual report on state-level efforts to improve public education. This 21st edition examines what states and districts are doing to make ready for the Every Student Succeeds Act’s implementation.
- Every Student Succeeds Act Are States Leaning on Waivers From Past Law for Their New Education Plans?States aren't necessarily keen to toss overboard what they put in their waivers from the No Child Left Behind Act when crafting their direction under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Every Student Succeeds Act Opinion Trump Is Undermining Students' Civil Rights. Let's Fight BackCongress recently rolled back civil rights protections under ESSA, and people need to pay more attention, writes Adam Fernandez.Every Student Succeeds Act States Still Stumped by ESSA's Required Breakout of Per-Pupil SpendingKnowing school-by-school spending would be a boon for parent groups, civil rights activists say, but state officials say its tough to figure a dollar amount for thousands of schools.
Every Student Succeeds Act Two Words That Barely Appear in State ESSA Plans: 'Common Core'There's barely a whisper about the Common Core standards in the 17 Every Student Succeeds Act plans that have been turned in so far.
Every Student Succeeds Act State Leaders, Experts, Civil Rights Advocates Take Hard Look at ESSA PlansMore than two dozen experts took a look at state plans for the Every Student Succeeds Act to gauge big strengths and weaknesses.
Every Student Succeeds Act Here's Why You Can't Understand Your State's New Plan for EducationState plans for the Every Student Succeeds Act are a gold mine for the kind of language that can seem incredibly and at times comically dense to those outside of the education field. But let's try to quantify it.
Every Student Succeeds Act ESSA Plans for Disadvantaged Students Under Microscope in New AnalysisThe Alliance for Excellent Education, which focuses on college-and-career readiness and students from low-income backgrounds among others, has released "equity dashboards" for five states' ESSA plans.
Every Student Succeeds Act Science Teachers Warn Trump Team Against 'Poor Policy Choice'The National Science Teachers Foundation is worried that the U.S. Department of Education is improperly discouraging states from using science in school accountability systems under the Every Student Succeeds Act.Every Student Succeeds Act How Should States Approach School Improvement Under ESSA?The Council of Chief State School Officers Wednesday released a list of school improvement principles that states may want to use to guide their ESSA work.Every Student Succeeds Act Early ESSA Plans Boost District's School Improvement RoleStates are putting a heavy emphasis on the role of districts in turning around their low-performing schools as they submit blueprints for putting the Every Student Succeeds Act into effect.Every Student Succeeds Act Ed. Dept. Demands More Detail From States' ESSA PlansSome early feedback offer clues about how strict or flexible the U.S. Department of Education will be in interpreting parts of the Every Student Succeeds Act as it decides whether to approve state blueprints.
Every Student Succeeds Act Sausage-Making Fest: How Passing ESSA Compares to Today's Health-Care FightLawmakers created, debated, and passed what became the Every Student Succeeds Act with significantly more transparency than how lawmakers are dealing with the current health care overhaul, but there are a couple of parallels.
Every Student Succeeds Act Leading School Accreditor Sees Expansion Opportunity Under ESSAAdvancED is expanding its school improvement contracting as states prepare for the Every Student Succeeds Act rollout, even as some caution about the potential for it to become both judge and service provider.
Every Student Succeeds Act Trump Team Hurries to Soothe States Worried About ESSAThe Trump administration has been under political pressure to explain its extensive early feedback on state plans to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Every Student Succeeds Act Here's How 17 States Plan to Fix Struggling SchoolsWhat are the most common strategies states want to take for school improvement? Are states seeking radical new approaches under ESSA? We take a look.
