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9/11’s Permanent Mark on NCLB: Tragedy, Triumph & Failure

Kevin Mahnken

Congress Gave Schools $110 Billion in Aid, But Added This Rule About Spending It

Joshua Parrish

Dire Student Scores Reveal Vast COVID Learning Loss, May Take Years to Repair

Joshua Parrish

How Bad Is COVID Learning Loss? An Expert’s Appeal to States: Assess Damage—Fast

Joshua Parrish

Ed Dept Warns: COVID’s Added Toll on Underserved Kids Sparks ‘Great Concern'

Joshua Parrish

More Kids Off Track to Graduate: High Schools Race to Reach Disengaged Seniors

Joshua Parrish

5 Ways COVID Is Changing Schools: Virginia Needs 2021 Tests For Student Recovery

Joshua Parrish

5 Ways COVID Is Reshaping Schools: Florida Nixes Consequences From Spring Tests

Joshua Parrish

7 Ways COVID Is Reshaping Education: Feds Waive Requirements for Michigan School

Joshua Parrish

Fixing ESSA's Innovative Assessment Initiative

Abby Javurek

This Week’s ESSA News: New Jersey Considers Extending Special Ed Eligibility, Virginia Educators Brace for Fallout From Enrollment Decline, Auditor Says D.C. Failed to Collect School Data & More

Joshua Parrish

This Week’s ESSA News: New York Decouples HS Graduation from Annual Exams, California Publishes School Spending Data, a Push to Use Testing to Help Identify ‘Missing’ Kids & More

Joshua Parrish

This Week’s ESSA News: New Online Literacy Program Offers Baltimore Students Personalized Support, Florida Says English Proficiency Tests Are Optional, Arts Education Advocates Call for Post-Pandemic Reset & More

Joshua Parrish

This Week’s ESSA News: Enrollment Soars at Washington State Charters During Pandemic, Wyoming Hits Pause on Accountability, a Growing Divide in Idaho’s Graduation Rate & More

Joshua Parrish

This Week’s ESSA News: Tennessee Uses Relief Funds For Literacy Initiative, Georgia Boosts Rural STEM Access, Murray Sees ‘Moral Responsibility’ in Tracking COVID Learning Loss & More

Joshua Parrish

This Week’s ESSA News: California Commission Aims to Use Schools as ‘Wellness Centers’, District of Columbia Claims Big Jump in Graduation Rate During Pandemic & More

Joshua Parrish

This Week’s ESSA News: Greater School District Transparency for New York Parents, Backlash in Kentucky Over Unuseful School Spending Data, DC Concerns That Covid Will Derail Accountability & More

Joshua Parrish

This Week’s ESSA News: How States Like West Virginia Can Strengthen Mental Health Supports Even Amid a Pandemic, How Districts Are Bracing for Budget Cuts, Why Arts Education Matters & More

Joshua Parrish

This Week’s ESSA News: Wyoming to Supplement School Days With After-School Programs, Another Year of Incomplete School Report Cards in Indiana, Feds Remind States on Students With Disabilities & More

Joshua Parrish

This Week’s ESSA News: New Jersey Advocates Concerned About Cuts to In-School Mental Health Services, Virginia Looks to Revise State Education Plan to Better Educate Migratory Students & More

Joshua Parrish

This Week’s ESSA News: Indiana Acts to Boost Literacy, How the Pandemic Is Affecting States’ Use of Federal Funds, a New Toolkit to Boost Arts Education & More

Joshua Parrish

This Week’s ESSA News: How Congress Could Use the ‘Direct Student Services’ Provision to Route Aid to Struggling Kids, Fresh Concerns Over Eroding School Infrastructure, Why Feds Aim to Avoid Testing Waivers & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Rethinking How Attendance Is Tracked During COVID, Kansas Launches Report Card for Students in Foster Care, Local Leaders Trump Trump in Reopening Schools & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Georgia Asks for 2021 Testing Waiver, Virginia Unveils New Teacher Retention Program, Growing ‘COVID Slide’ Concerns for English Learners & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: School Groups Urging Congress to Relax Special Ed Mandate, CARES Act Funds Reach Schools in Pennsylvania, Prioritizing Arts Education in School Reopenings & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: House Would Give Schools $60 Billion in Relief Aid, Concerns Over Growing Principal Shortage, Texas District Wins Music Ed Award for 6th Straight Year & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Rethinking Student Evaluations Amid the Pandemic, Kansas Receives Federal Early Ed Grant, Groups Call on Congress to Boost K-12 Funding & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Indiana Prioritizing Connection Over Attendance During Pandemic, Oklahoma’s Push for Pre-K, DeVos’s Escalating Campaign to Promote School Choice & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: How California Is Rethinking School Accountability During the Pandemic, What Schools and Districts Must Report After Receiving CARES Funds & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Concerns Over Another School Rating Overhaul in Kentucky, $3 Billion More for Emergency Education Relief Fund, Taking Attendance Amid the Pandemic & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Bracing for Coronavirus’s Long-Term Accountability Impact, Virginia Receives Flexible Funding Approval, $65 Million in New Charter Grants & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Texas Waives Testing, Concerns Over CARES Act Transparency, New Rules to Unify Standards at the Bureau of Indian Education & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Current Law Restricts DeVos’s Waiver Powers, Homeschooled Students Not Necessarily Freed From Annual Tests & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: A New Way to Compare Graduation Rates, Illinois Becomes First State to Feature Arts as Key State Measure, Feds Grant Testing Waivers & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: How Coronavirus Could Warp Absenteeism Data, Using School-Level Spending Data to Better Understand Classroom Equity & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Montana’s Rural Schools Spared From Federal Cuts, Leveraging ESSA Funds for STEAM Education, Expanding Support for Military Kids & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Kentucky Looks to Revamp School Accountability System, DeVos Announces Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault Involving School Employees, Testing Innovations & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Trump’s Education Budget Under Fire, Idaho Rethinks Accountability Goals, Building Trust Key to Engaging Rural Parents in Georgia & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Idaho Chief Warns Against Repealing Academic Standards, Federal Funding for STEAM Education, DeVos Sees Block Grants Driving Local Flexibility & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Senators Push for Analysis on Early College High Schools, an Ohio Argument to Boost Federal Education Funding, New Spending Data Sparks Debates & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: The Opportunities and Risks of New Hampshire’s Innovative Assessment Experiment, 4 States Are Approved for ‘Ed-Flex’ Regulation Waivers & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Child Safety Accounts to Flee Dangerous Schools, School Laundry Room and Other Supports in NJ, Chasing Equity in AZ & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Why a New DOE Spending Study Could Have Major Implications for Equity, Rewriting the Rules on Religious Liberty & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: A School Turnaround Success Story in Texas, New Debates Over Who Should Control Attendance Policies, a Call for Better ELL Data & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: A Boost for Early Education in Colorado, High Grades for Indiana’s Classrooms, Predicting a 2020 Pendulum Swing on School Accountability & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Missouri Data Reveals Wide Range in Per-Pupil Spending, States Using Tech to Personalize Learning, Leaders Reflect on ESSA Four Years In & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Maryland Releases Second Year of School Ratings, School Climate Surveys Emerging as Accountability Measure, Looking Ahead to Reauthorization & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Proposed Changes to Civil Rights Data Collection Worries Some, D.C. Schools Improve, Letting Fla. ELLs Take Tests in Their Own Language & More

Erika Ross

Most States Are Missing Key Student Data From Their Report Cards. 3 Parent Empowerment Groups Have Advice for Making Them Better

Laura Fay

It’s Nearly Time to Reauthorize the Every Student Succeeds Act: 4 Priorities Otherwise-Distracted National Leaders Should Set to Make the K-12 Law Stronger

Conor P. Williams

This Week’s ESSA News: A Push for Rigorous Arts Education in New York, California Districts Leading the Way on Foster Students, a Call for Better Teacher Data & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Nearly Half of Louisiana Schools Require School Improvement Plans, North Carolina Grappling With Persistent Achievement Gaps & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Social-Emotional Learning Takes Priority; Standardized Testing Throughout the Year, Not at the End; Ed Reform in Idaho & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Idaho Scores Show Latino Students Falling Behind, New York Failing to Report Foster Youth Data, the Tricky Process Behind ‘Innovative’ Assessments & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Innovative Math Meets ESSA Standards, States Retreat on Teacher Evaluation Reforms, Oregon Welcomes ESSA Flexibility & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: States Struggling With How to Report School Spending Data, Education Department Puts Focus on Equitable Services for Private Schools & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: State Leaders Growing Anxious Over Financial Reviews of Lagging Districts, Feds Announce $123 Million in Innovation Grants & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: How a New Kentucky Law Puts Its Federal School Funding at Risk, Officials ‘Get Personal’ in Fighting Student Absenteeism & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Looking for Vendors With Proof of Effectiveness, How ESSA Is Changing State Testing, Which States Are Making Student Well-Being a Priority & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Helping Cut the Cost of CTE, Few State Accountability Plans Incorporate the Arts, Individual School Spending Data Reveal Big Difference & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Michigan to Have 2 Accountability Systems This School Year, 2 New States Approved to Try Innovative Testing, Presidential Hopefuls Aim to Boost Title I & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Giving More Power to the States Doesn’t Mean the Feds Have None, Where Did the Money Go, Whole Child Evolution & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: New Mexico Doing Away With School Grades, More States Experimenting With Innovative Tests & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: The ‘Uncomfortable Conversations Raised by School Spending Data,’ National Black Parents ESSA Town Hall & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Indiana Resolves Dispute With Feds Over Funding Struggling Schools, New Legislation to Ease the Teacher Shortage, Refocusing the Funding Conversation & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: How Pennsylvania Businesses Are Partnering With Schools to Enhance STEM Curricula, a Spotlight on the Challenges Facing Homeless Students & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: States Buck Feds but Still See Plans OKed, Parent Confusion Over Low-Performing Schools, Using 4-Year Grad Rate Hurts English Learners & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Why Kentucky Is Revamping Its School Accountability System, How California Can Pair Additional Education Funding With More Effective Reporting & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: How Schools Can Use ESSA Funds to Boost Social-Emotional Learning and Instruction, How Idaho Is Missing the Mark on Early ESSA Targets & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: How States View Struggling Schools, Polling Principals on Concerns About the New Law, Tennessee PTA Lands Grant to Empower Parents on School Report Cards & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: Congress Looks to Prioritize Whole-Child Supports, Democrats Aim to Boost Federal School Spending, Integrated Student Supports & More

Erika Ross

This Week’s ESSA News: 27 New Mexico Schools Freed From Oversight, Fears About Penalizing English Language Learners, School-by-School Funding Transparency & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

This Week’s ESSA News: New Mexico Sheds A-F School Ratings, Democrats Push $4.4B Increase in Ed Department Funding, States Worry About School Improvement

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

This Week’s ESSA News: Arizona’s New School Rating Plan, DeVos Faces Capitol Hill Backlash Over Law’s Implementation, New ‘State Plan Database’ & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

This Week’s ESSA News: Building a Pipeline of School Principals Through Title I Funds, Indiana Publishes Foster-Care Student Data, Rating States by Equity & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

This Week’s ESSA News: Arizona Could Lose $300 Million Over Assessments, DeVos Chats With State Chiefs, Montana Struggles in Defining ‘Ineffective’ Teachers & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

This Week’s ESSA News: Michigan’s New School Rating System Runs Afoul of Education Law, States Look to Modify Education Plans Without Federal Sign-Off & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

This Week’s ESSA News: Maryland Studies How Public Transportation Is Fueling Student Absenteeism, Parents Reflect on What Drives Engagement With Their Schools & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

This Week’s ESSA News: Governors’ New Education Focus, Funding for Afterschool Programs, A New Way to Talk About Education Equity & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

Watch: ESSA Puts a Premium on Parent Involvement, These 6 Moms Are Leading the Way

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This Week’s ESSA News: Texas to Let School Districts Rate Themselves, a ‘Consumer Guide’ to Help States Choose Their Tests, DeVos’s Looming New Mexico Challenge & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

This Week’s ESSA News: States Feel Ed Department Downsizing, Illinois Uses the Arts as Distinct School Quality Indicator, Delaware Helps Its Homeless Students

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

This Week’s ESSA News: New Mexico Readies to Ditch A-F Rating System, House Democrats Call Out DeVos on Addressing Achievement Gaps & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

This Week’s ESSA News: ‘Big Changes’ to New Mexico’s School Grades, Illinois’s Ambitious Goals Draw Skepticism, Tracking Homeless Student Progress & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

This Week’s ESSA News: Keeping Bias out of School Measurements, Fighting Chronic Absenteeism, Risking Federal Funds

Erika Ross

Analysis: What Do Washington, D.C., School Data Tell Us About Special Education? New Breakdown Has 3 Key Takeaways

Sarah Berger Sandelius

ESSA Says State Report Cards Must Track How Many Students in Foster Care Are Passing Their Reading & Math Tests and Graduating High School. Only 16 Do

Kate Stringer

Analysis: Illinois Set Ambitious Goals for Student Outcomes Under ESSA That Just Won’t Work. Here’s Why — and How States Can Do Better

Elliot Regenstein, Ben Boer & Paul Zavitkovsky

This Week’s ESSA News: Civil Rights Groups Target State Plans, Support for Highly Qualified Teachers, Equity vs. Performance & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

This Week’s ESSA News: So How Exactly Are We Supposed to Measure Graduate ‘Readiness’ After High School, Anyway?

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

Supplement Not Supplant Is Back: Why Education Advocates Are Concerned a Wonky New ESSA Spending Proposal Will Hurt Poor Kids

Carolyn Phenicie

This Week’s ESSA News: New School Accountability Systems From Alaska to Arizona, Considering the Destiny of Geography & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

This Week’s ESSA News: Michigan’s Accountability Law May Put Federal Funding in Doubt, Department of Education to Take Closer Look at Testing Pilots & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

Analysis: With New ESSA Data, States Can Track How Well Schools Are Serving All Students. New Report Shows How They’re Doing — and Why

Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger

This Week’s ESSA News: Louisiana Supe John White on the Innovative Assessment Pilot, Alabama Report Card Delayed Again & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

This Week’s ESSA News: ESSA Architect Sen. Lamar Alexander to Retire, Testing Exams for Innovative Assessment Pilot Program & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

This Week’s ESSA News: States Rethinking Report Cards, Using Data to Inform School Oversight, Targeting Classrooms for Additional Support & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

This Week’s ESSA News: The Limitations of Graduation Rates, How the New Education Law Will Allow Students to Transfer out of Dangerous Schools & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

This Week’s ESSA News: House Democrats Get Ready to Take Charge of Federal Education Policy, Feds Release Guidance on State Plan Changes & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli

This Week’s ESSA News: 17 States’ School Improvement Plans Reviewed, Feds Issue New Parent Guide, NM Eyes Tougher Accountability & More

Ashley Inman Zanchelli
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