Commentary
ESSA
Trump and Congress will repeal Obama's ESSA rules: Why that matters and what should follow
By Brandon L. Wright
By Brandon L. Wright
One of the hallmarks of school accountability is the identification of and intervention in persistently low-preforming schools.
A new teacher’s pension is supposed to be a perk. The truth is that for the majority of the nation’s new teachers, what they can anticipate in retirement benefits will be worth less than what they contributed to the system while they were in the classroom, even if they stay for decades.
Today Education Week released its annual Quality Counts report card for states. Ohio earned a C with an overall score of 74.2, aligning the Buckeye State for the second year in a row with national U.S. average (also 74.2).