Jeffrey Solochek reports that, in the context of Florida submitting its revised ESSA plan to the U.S. Department of Education in April, civil rights groups “want U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to do to the second version what she did to the first—reject it as...
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has approved three more ESSA plans—Alabama, Colorado, and Kentucky. To date, the Department has approved 42 plans (plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico), while still leaving some “big population centers, including Florida and California” waiting for approval.
Speaking of…Alyson Klein reports that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos “may have approved Every Student Succeeds Act plans” for dozens of states, but “two of the biggest—Florida and California—are still angling for their federal blessing,” even though “DeVos has singled out school-choice-friendly Florida as a model for...
Alyson Klein asks, has U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos being “a big cheerleader for school choice,” and the fact that some states have been “adopting tax-credit scholarships, education savings accounts,” and more, “translated into a big bonanza for school choice” in state ESSA plans?...
Klein also reports that a “top staffer overseeing implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act at the U.S. Department of Education has a message for states and districts as they embrace the law’s new school quality measures: Don’t forget about reading and math.”
Christina Samuels reports for Education Week that the U.S. Department of Education “has started informing a small group of states that they will have to make changes to the way they test students with severe cognitive disabilities” due to “accountability changes” under ESSA. Students “with the...
Anne Hyslop examines the disconnect between U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ sharp criticism of state ESSA plans when speaking to the Council of Chief State School Officers and her other comments on local control. With a “cacophony of opinions on the topic, “it’s easy to...
“U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos hasn’t testified before the House or Senate education committees since becoming secretary more than a year ago—and Democrats aren’t happy about that,” reports Alyson Klein. Democrats “say they want to question DeVos’ choice to approve ESSA plans that they and some...
Alyson Klein reports in Education Week that Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Puerto Rico have officially submitted applications for the ESSA’s Innovative Assessment Pilot, which “allows states to try out new forms of testing in a handful of districts, with the goal of eventually taking them...
Erica L. Green writes in the New York Times that, after Secretary DeVos’ speech to state chiefs last week, “policy experts and observers” have called the speech the “ultimate display of a frustrated federalist,” and an “example of a self-described education reformer wrestling with the limits of her influence...
