House Passes Every Student Succeeds Act

“The Senate is expected to take up the measure next week, and President Obama has indicated that he will sign it into law”, said The Washington Post.

But the federal role in education is about much more than accountability. The measure additionally would complete federal efforts to foster educational standards similar to Frequent Core.

The House is ready to rewrite education rules, “No Child Left Behind” in particular.

The No Child Left Behind Act increased the role of the federal government in elementary and secondary education holding schools responsible for the academic progress of all its students – particularly focusing on poor, minority and special education students and students for whom English is a second language.

The National Governors Association issued a statement saying “Governors congratulate the House for passing ESSA with broad bipartisan support”.

Intervene in the worst-performing 5 percent of schools and in high schools with graduation rates below 67 percent. If the bill passes, it will then be sent to President Barack Obama for approval.

In Washington on Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed a bill, dubbed the Every Student Succeeds Act, which is aimed at restructuring how schools are graded on student performance.

Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Niles, also supported the bill, saying it put an end to “the broken and dysfunctional No Child Left Behind”.

The Senate is expected to vote on the measure next week. “The Every Student Succeeds Act will overhaul the contentious No Child Left Behind and place more control in the hands of states, local school districts, educators, parents and students across the nation”.

No Child Left Behind is best known for ushering in an era of annual, mandatory standardized testing for students in grades three to eight and high school. It was offered for the first time last school year and State Superintendent Kirsten Baesler said in October that students will take it again this school year.

It also prohibits the federal government from mandating or encouraging states to adopt any specific standards, such as the controversial Common Core standards often criticized by conservatives.

House Education Committee Chairman John Kline, R-Minn., said the bill reflects a new approach that will help every child in every school receive a quality education.

The parent-led group expressed its concerns with several portions of the legislation and its passage, including the fact that the bill was almost 1,100 pages long – pages which were publicly released just a few days ago.

“It curbs the overreach of the Department of Education’s involvement in education in each state”, she said.

Restrict the Department of Education from imposing requirements on states and schools. Once states start implementing the new law, advocates and stakeholders will need to shift focus to making sure that state leaders are taking this responsibility seriously and creating systems that protect vulnerable students.