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Is ESSA the ESEA Reauthorization Bill Arne Duncan Was Hoping For? - Politics K-12

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Is ESSA the ESEA Reauthorization Bill Arne Duncan Was Hoping For?


 So you've probably heard by now the bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act seeks to rein in future secretaries of education. And it would allow states to chart their own course when it comes to teacher evaluation and school turnarounds, to name a couple of policies closely associated with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and company.

But Duncan sees a lot to like in the legislation—called the Every Student Succeeds Act—he plans to say in a speech Tuesday to the Learning Forward professional development conference just outside Washington. (Read excerpts here.)