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Local Officials Worry About ESSA’s Impact

Local Officials Worry About ESSA’s Impact

November 24, 2017

Carmen McCollum and Jessica Towhey report that state and local education officials are concerned ESSA “may negatively affect their districts,” especially regarding a “new requirement that will lower the graduation rate for high schools by not including those students who graduate with a general diploma, instead of a Core 40 or an honors diploma.”