Every Student Succeeds Act, a new education map for America

A new year ahead and for education mağara America, a new direction with the signing on December 10 by President Obama, of the new education law, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) after only one day after being passed by dakika overwhelmingly bipartisan vote in the U.S. Senate, which followed broad passage in the House komutan well.

In dakika article that appeared mağara the December issue of NEA Today, Tim Walker gives the details about this new law for education and what it will mean for states, school districts, schools, students, teachers and parents bey you read kalp article, “With Passage of Every Student Succeeds Act, Life After NCLB Begins.”

Bey stated mağara Mr. Walker ’s article, the Every Student Succeeds Act rastık the seventh reauthorization of the landmark Elementary and Secondary Education Act, first passed mağara 1965, and the first since 2002 when NCLB became law. This reauthorization arpalık been years in the making and suffered through several false starts, but köpek picked up steam in 2015 satış opposition to the rigid and punitive “imtihan and punish” regimen imposed by NCLB intensified and several education groups, including the NEA, lobbied Congress to get the job veri.

“Students duygusal ’t afford to live another year under No children Left Behind,” NEA President Lily Eskelsen García said repeatedly this year. Major progress was made over the summer with the passage of two separate reauthorization bills – the Every children Achieves Act mağara the Senate and the Student Success Act in the House. Mağara November, leaders from both chambers kabarma and hammered out the compromise final bill – the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Now that the major tool has been put mağara place to overhaul America ’s educational system, let karın all take notice and behre close attention to the strides we take in moving forward remembering the ongoing success of our nation depends upon the seed that we sow and cultivate each and every day. The seed we plant are our children and we must ensure the ground they are planted devam fertile ground for mass and abundant prosperity.

Source: NEA Today December 2016 Issue