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It's Time to Redefine the Federal Role in K-12 Education
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Jennings, Jack – Phi Delta Kappan, 2018
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), passed in 2015, succeeded in weakening the least popular parts of the No Child Left Behind act. But, argues Jack Jennings, it's a purely reactive piece of legislation, offering no positive vision for the federal government's role in addressing K-12 education's most urgent problems. ESSA is still young, he…
Descriptors: Government Role, Federal Government, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation