Local Superintendents Gather Feedback on Joint Strategic Plan
Hawaii Island Complex Area superintendents, State Superintendent of Education Kathryn Matayoshi, and several other education leaders from Oahu met to gather feedback on proposed updates to Hawaii’s...
View ArticleVT Parents and Community Members Attend Conference to Discuss ESSA
ESSA was discussed by more than 150 parents and community members who attended a conference at the Jay Peak Resort last week. According to Agency of Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe, “The...
View ArticleIA Dept. of Education Announces State ESSA Committee
Iowa Dept. of Education Director Ryan Wise announced a new state committee to provide input on development of Iowa’s plan. The 26-member group met for the first time last week and includes educators...
View ArticleNC Dept. of Public Instruction Schedules Second Round of Public Comment Sessions
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has scheduled a second round of six public comment sessions to receive feedback on ESSA. The purpose of this second round of sessions is to provide...
View ArticleWhy Maximizing ESSA’s Potential is Crucial for Student Success
Liam Goldrick, director of policy for the New Teacher Center, wrote on the importance of maximizing ESSA’s potential for students and schools. Goldrick argued ESSA has the potential to “bring greater...
View ArticleCouncil of State Governments Midwest Release Policy Brief on In-State Activities
The Council of State Governments Midwest posted a policy brief outlining some of the details of ESSA including an estimated implementation timeline and summary of publicly available information from...
View ArticleThe Effects of Recent State Board of Education Elections on ESSA Plans
The National Association of State Boards of Education issued a policy update on the effects of recent state board of education elections on ESSA plans. According to NASBE, due to the “uncertain...
View ArticleVA Likely to Postpone ESSA Plan Implementation
As reported by the Roanoke Times, Virginia will “likely take advantage” of the new regulations that allow states to postpone ESSA plan implementation. According to State Superintendent Steven Staples,...
View ArticleNew Toolkit Designed to Help States Plan ESSA Implementation
Leading Educators, in collaboration with Education First, released a “State Teacher Leadership Toolkit” designed to help states plan ESSA implementation. The toolkit provides a “playbook” for states to...
View ArticleOH Dept. of Ed Submits ESSA Plan to U.S. Dept. of Ed
The Ohio Department of Education sent its ESSA plan to the U.S. Dept. of Education “after delaying the submission by months to consider feedback from educators and community members.” State officials...
View ArticleThe 74 Previews an Interesting Year for ESSA
The 74 is taking a look ahead to the 2018–2019 school year—and ESSA’s transition from planning to practice. They explore how, as a new Administration wrangles with enforcement, the new law is not a...
View ArticleHelping Districts Meet ESSA Research Deadline
“It’s the first finding of pretty much any education study, regardless of the topic or the intervention: We need more research,” reports Sarah D. Sparks. But for educators and policymakers trying to...
View ArticleEd Week’s Indispensable ESSA Guide
Education Week’s Alyson Klein writes about the publication’s new special report called “ESSA on the Runway”, which “analyzes the state of ESSA implementation on the eve of the law’s operational debut”...
View ArticleChallenges and Questions ESSA Presents for Districts
With the school year fast approaching, Alyson Klein asks in Education Week what is “the toughest part of the Every Student Succeeds Act for districts to get a handle on?” To find out, she asked a few...
View ArticleFeds Update Ed Advocates on ESSA
Klein reports that on September 24, federal education officials met privately “with a select group of education advocates at the department to talk the Every Student Succeeds Act, the school safety...
View ArticleSenate education committee to hear from states today
The Senate education committee will be holding a hearing today to listen to the state perspective on implementation of ESSA. The committee have invited education chiefs from Nebraska (Matthew...
View ArticleFeds Work on ESSA Just Beginning
Alyson Klein of Education Week reports that, despite the approval of most (now all) state ESSA plans by the U.S. Department of Education, in some ways, “the federal government’s work on ESSA is just...
View ArticleLouisiana State Chief on ESSA Plan, Implementation
Contributing for the Daily Advertiser, State Chief John White writes that Louisiana’s ESSA plan has “set expectations for all students that are as ambitious as expectations in any state in the...
View ArticleKey Details on State ESSA Plans
Andrew Ujifusa reports for Education Week about the publication’s updated ESSA tracker, highlighting “six individual policy areas that advocates, analysts, and educators are watching closely,” in each...
View ArticleNew School Report Cards in Illinois Focus on Student Growth
Karen Berkowitz reports in the Chicago Tribune that on October 31, Illinois will release its new school report cards, which under ESSA will now emphasize “students’ academic gains in relation to those...
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