Read the executive summary about NCLB first, watch the video second, and then read the research report on ESSA.
Read the executive summary: U.S. Department of Education. (n.d.). The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Executive Summary of No Child Left Behind.pdfActions
2. Can Federal Education Policy Reduce Educational Inequality?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGPZYxKMQDA (Links to an external site.)
Read the research report: Rentner, D., Ferguson, M., Kober, N. (2019). A stronger future for evidenced-based school improvement in ESSA. Center on Education Policy.
A stronger future for evidenced-based school improvement in ESSA.pdfActions
Post a 7-9 sentence thread using information from the videos and research report to respond to the following questions:
What is something you learned from the video and/or articles that you did not previously know that helps you understand policy differently?
What’s an example of your State Education Agency (SEA) or Local Education Agency (LEA – your district) is aligning their school improvement policies with interventions/programs that are evidence-based practices?
Respond to one other person’s thread.
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