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Expanding Work-Based Learning Under ESSA and Perkins V

The World Economic Forum predicts that, by 2022, the widespread advancement of high-speed mobile internet, artificial intelligence, big data analytics and cloud technology will transform up to 75 million jobs. […]

June 24, 2019

Your Guide to Navigating Opportunities for the Arts Under ESSA

Is your state focused on building student literacy across districts? The Every Student Succeeds Act provides funds to integrate the arts into literacy instruction. Is your district’s 21st Century Community […]

April 1, 2019

Opportunities to Use ESSA to Support and Retain New Teachers

This guest post comes from Lisa Lachlan-Haché, principal researcher for the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders at the American Institutes for Research. Behind every great teacher is a great […]

May 10, 2018

Teaching Profession

Funding Transparency Under ESSA

This special report explains the new requirements states have in reporting per-pupil expenditures under the Every Student Succeeds Act. It also provides key considerations for states and information about technical […]

Feb. 16, 2018

Policy Report

Accountability, ESSA, Funding

How Does Arts Education Fare in the Final Round of State ESSA Plan Submissions?

This guest post comes from Lynn Tuttle, director of public policy and professional development at the National Association for Music Education (an Arts Education Partnership partner organization). In the first round of […]

Jan. 18, 2018

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How States Can Leverage ESSA’s Momentum to Follow Through on Their Commitments to Career Readiness

This guest post comes from Austin Estes, policy associate at Advance CTE. Now two years after Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a picture of how states plan to […]

Jan. 8, 2018

ESSA & School Improvement: What we’re doing & what you can do

At Education Commission of the States, we’re often asked about the most effective strategies for improving student achievement and closing the achievement gap. Though we do not claim to have […]

Sept. 6, 2017

Recap: P-3, ESSA and You

On June 23, the early learning team at Education Commission of the States, in partnership with NIEER, CEELO, New America, NCSL and National P-3 Center hosted the P-3, the Every […]

July 12, 2017

Early Education (P-3)

CO, MD, ME, WA