Education Next by Charles Barone, Bill Jackson, Dane Linn and Linda Darling-Hammond |
After 14 years, Congress has finally overhauled No Child Left Behind. The new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) returns substantial autonomy to states when it comes to school accountability, teacher evaluation, school improvement, and much else. Linda Darling-Hammond writes that states should seize the possibilities for more innovative approaches to school improvement posed by ESSA.