Obama signs rewrite of education law that shifts power to states

Success is in its name and that’s exactly what national and local leaders are expecting from the “Every Student Succeeds Act”. Richard Burr changing a formula to distribute teacher recruitment and training funds. The ESSA will take effect in 2017/2018 school year. That’s a almost 50 percent increase. Make schools and teachers more accountable.

Overall, it seems that most of the USA was ready to embrace a new direction when it comes to education policy, and Every Student Succeeds, even if not flawless, will take the country in a bold new direction when it comes to our students.

Despite the bicameral passage of the overhaul, not everyone has been totally pleased with the new law.

“What I’m very happy about is that Congress is building in time for transitioning from the current system to the new system”, Fabrizio said. “South Dakota’s entire Congressional Delegation has been instrumental in lending their support to the bipartisan measure – which is being called a “fix” for the ‘No Child Left Behind” act.

Reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act ushers in a new day in Kentucky and across the nation, Commissioner Stephen Pruitt told the Kentucky Board of Education at its meeting today.

Heather Mueller says, “It really does give some local control to not only our school district but the state”.

Yet standardized tests are still a well-worn way of measuring achievement, and improvement.

Don’t start applauding yet, kids. The new act allows states to tailor their assessment systems to each school district.

No more Common Core – maybe. “I appreciate that this legislation restores the proper balance between the role of states and the federal government in education accountability”, Wise said in a statement. However they say the bad part is the hidden words as well as the federal government having too much say in education. In particular, we wanted to shift to a style of instruction that is less testing and more teaching, because we had a lot of redundant tests that were not serving the individual teacher.

Parents may also be winners. Testing will be one factor considered, but graduation rates and education atmosphere could also be factored in. “We wrote this bill with help from people all across Colorado, and it brings us one step closer to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to receive a great education”. While ESSA officially marks the end of the NCLB era, the majority of states have for several years received waivers from the Obama administration, exempting them from some of the law’s toughest requirements.