What’s the Deal With ESSA Block Grant Funding?
As part of Education Week’s Answering Your ESSA Questions! series, Alyson Klein also examines the timeline for Title IVA funds under ESSA, as well as how states are approaching this important issue
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DeVos Discusses Title I Funding and School Choice
Secretary of Education Betsey DeVos testified before Congress on the Trump administration’s 2018 budget proposal. During the hearing, DeVos discussed Title I funding and school choice, and underscored her belief in local control. She stressed that she “believes states should continue to have flexibility in...
Former Gov. Jack Markell Sees Opportunity for Assessment Audits
Former Delaware Gov. Jack Markell wrote in The 74 about the importance of assessments and the opportunity states have under ESSA to use federal funds for conducting assessment audits. Reflecting on the steps taken in Delaware to ensure that students “weren’t taking duplicative assessments and...