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Botel Tells State Chiefs He Wants Innovation and Compliance

Botel Tells State Chiefs He Wants Innovation and Compliance

November 15, 2017

According to Education Week, the U.S. Department of Education’s Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education Jason Botel told a gathering of state school chiefs recently “that he wants states to be innovative in working to close the nation’s yawning achievement gap, but also wants them to make sure they comply with the Every Student Succeeds Act in doing so.”