According to Alyson Klein at Education Week, Louisiana is the first state to get approval from the U.S. Department of Education to participate in ESSA’s “Innovative Assessment” pilot, which “allows up to seven states to try out new kinds of tests in a handful of...
Politico’s Mel Leonor reports for that a “federal grant program aimed at helping states boost their preschool offerings will make its debut next month—when states can begin vying for a piece of the $250 million pot.” Under ESSA, the Preschool Development Grants program “is meant...
The Tampa Bay Times’ Jeffrey Solochek asks: “What to do?” Despite the fact that the Trump Administration “has in many ways held up Florida’s education system as a model for the nation” and “hired many former Florida education officials to top jobs in its own education...
California and Utah are the latest states to gain federal approval on their state education plans.
The US Department of Education announced “Puerto Rico as the first state to pilot a new student-centered funding system under ESSA.” Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos stated, “Puerto Rico’s use of a student-centered funding system will help to ensure those with the greatest need receive...
Corey Mitchell reports for Education Week that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ plan to shut down “the long-standing federal office that supports English-learners,” comes amid “concerns from civil rights groups that the Education Department has already failed to ensure equity for English-learners—including approving state Every Student...
Education Week’s Alyson Klein reports that Education Secretary DeVos “has allowed nearly half of states to get wiggle room” from an ESSA provision “aimed at making sure that only a small percentage of students are taking alternative tests reserved for children with the most significant...
Alyson Klein reports for Education Week that ESSA’s Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants (a.k.a., Title IV) is “one of the most flexible federal programs around.” It also “just got a huge increase, from $400 million in the 2017-18 school year to $1.1 billion for...
Nebraska and North Carolina are the two most recent states to have their ESSA plans approved by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Alyson Klein reports. That brings the total approved number of plans to 46, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The...
Alyson Klein also reports in Education Week that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ team is “working on guidance to help districts and states puzzle through changes to a key spending rule—known as ‘supplement-not-supplant’—in the Every Student Succeeds Act, multiple education advocates say.”
