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.
- Every Student Succeeds Act How Arts Teachers Are Strengthening Students' Social-Emotional MusclesArts experiences—like singing in a choir or drawing graffiti—can open students to new ways of thinking, and offer teachers powerful opportunities to develop students’ social and emotional skills.Every Student Succeeds Act DeVos Releases ESSA Title I School Spending GuidanceIn addressing how federal money for disadvantaged students should supplement state and local aid, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has used a lighter touch than her predecessors in the Obama administration.Every Student Succeeds Act Camp Giving Vulnerable Students an Academic 'Home' for the SummerWhile many students eagerly count down the last few days of the school year, the start of summer break is a more anxious prospect for students in and on the verge of homelessness.Every Student Succeeds Act Betsy DeVos' Lenient Attitude to ESSA Plans Might Showcase Her Political SmartsStates frequently and successfully flexed their muscles when negotiating with the Education Department on Every Student Succeeds Act plans, but that might not mean what many assume about the law, a study finds.Every Student Succeeds Act Video What ESSA Means for Assessment and TestingThe Every Student Succeeds Act gives states new openings to shape student-testing regimes to their own liking, including innovative pilot programs and fresh options on how to meet federal requirements. How do testing provisions under ESSA and the previous federal law—No Child Left Behind—differ? Associate editor Stephen Sawchuk examines what the new law means in the testing arena. This video was filmed following Education Week’s virtual summit on ESSA, where online participants submitted their questions about the upcoming implementation of the new federal law.Every Student Succeeds Act What Researchers Wish They Knew About School FinanceThe field may be swimming in data, but there’s still blank spots when it comes to assembling a complete picture of how $600 billion in public school funding gets spent.Every Student Succeeds Act Student Outcomes: Does More Money Really Matter?Fresh research bolsters the case for more public school funding—but debate rages on how to spend it in a way that boosts achievement.Every Student Succeeds Act How Many Schools Are Low-Performing Under ESSA? Here Are Some AnswersA Center on Education Policy report reveals the share of schools getting identified as needing improvement varies widely by state, with one labeling 69 percent of its schools this way for ESSA purposes.Every Student Succeeds Act Online Summit Living With ESSA’s ChangesEducation Week unpacks how states and districts are using ESSA to transform and customize their education systems.Every Student Succeeds Act Can a State Just Refuse to Follow the Every Student Succeeds Act?ESSA doesn't really have the teeth to force a state to follow through on its federal accountability plan, if the state doesn't care about losing key federal funding.Every Student Succeeds Act Limited Impact So Far From ESSA's School-Spending DataAdvocates have high hopes that the new law’s school-level data will fuel debate over spending, but the numbers are still trickling out.Every Student Succeeds Act 'Overwhelmed': Leaders Talk School Improvement Under ESSAA Beltway think tank's report indicates while some state education leaders feel they are getting a handle on school improvement and evidence under the Every Student Succeeds Act, many worries persist.Every Student Succeeds Act Opinion Education Reform as We Know It Is Over. What Have We Learned?Before charting a new course in education policy, we should figure out what the reform movement got right—and wrong, writes Van Schoales.Every Student Succeeds Act Opinion Your Objections to Whole-Child Education Aren't Wrong. They're Just OutdatedIn early-childhood education, whole-child curricula and strong academics aren’t mutually exclusive, write Beverly Perdue and Vincent J. Costanza.Every Student Succeeds Act DeVos Mends Fences With State Chiefs, Faces Critics in CongressAfter weathering a political storm over the Trump administration's proposed budget at the end of March, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos continued her run of public appearances into April, and got widely varied reactions from state education leaders and from lawmakers on Capitol Hill.