The Collaborative for Student Success hosted a tele-press conference featuring Delaware Gov. Jack Markell and New Mexico Secretary of Education Hanna Skandera. Both Markell and Skandera discussed how high standards are working in their states, and addressed ESSA as an opportunity for states to improve...
AASA, the School Superintendents Association, highlighted a joint letter on the Dept. of Education’s proposed “supplement, not supplant” regulations, which called them “far-reaching federal mandates” that are “in conflict with the spirit and intent of the underlying statute, which is premised on state and local...
ESSA presents new opportunities to K-12 companies to help school districts “purchase more education technology and other instructional services,” reports EdWeek’s Market Brief. Governor Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, said that the new law “permits us to move from a compliance...
Stephanie Hirsh, executive director of Learning Forward, raises five questions on how ESSA can improve professional development and learning. Hirsh argues that education leaders who “prioritize building systems for professional learning will be best positioned to leverage ESSA to achieve excellence and equity in every...
Stakeholders in the Massachusetts education community shared a series of ideas Thursday that they hope the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will incorporate into a the state plan to measure the success of schools under ESSA. Several organizations, including MASSCreative, the Boston Student Advisory...
Education Week reported on the announcement of Conservative Leaders for Education (CL4E) – a group of state legislators who believe now is the time to take advantage of the flexibility provided by ESSA, led by former Education Secretary William Bennett. According to Bennett, CL4E’s goals...
Education Secretary John King delivered the keynote remarks at the 2016 Annual PTA Convention and Expo in Orlando, Florida. The Dept. of Education live streamed the event on their Facebook page. During his speech, Secretary King called on state and local school administrators to utilize...
The Dept. of Education posted examples of states engaging local stakeholders in the implementation of ESSA. Several state outreach programs were listed, including: Pennsylvania Education Secretary Pedro Riveria has created several working groups comprised of “a wide array of stakeholders including teachers, principals, community based...
Truth-Out.org analyzed the impact that ESSA will have on the “opt-out” movement. The article notes that Secretary King is “not respecting the voices of parents, teachers and students; doubling down on threats to financially punish students for boycotting tests; and digging in his heels to...
Monty Neil, executive director of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing (FairTest), posted his organization’s opposition to the Dept. of Education’s draft regulations to ESSA. FairTest sent out an action alert arguing that the Dept. of Education’s draft regulations “over-emphasize testing, mandate punishments...
