SC's ESSA Changes Presented in CCSD

What ever happened to NCLB (No Child Left Behind)? Evidently, too many were left behind. Under President Obama it morphed into ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act). Only time will show if every student succeeds.

Meanwhile, early in May the US Department of Education approved South Carolina's submission to meet the newest strictures of ESSA. and later that month those affected met to find out how Charleston County schools will change. "Kendall Deas, co-director of the project and a College of Charleston adjunct assistant professor of education policy, said the Every Student Succeeds Act gives states and local districts more responsibility and authority, while another big component is aimed at getting parents more involved in their children's education."

According to Education Week, 

"South Carolina is planning to consider science and social studies achievement, along with the more traditional math and science, in rating its schools. The state will also be looking at college- and career-readiness for high schools. South Carolina got a shout-out in a 50-state look at how states are using practices backed by research to fix low-performing schools by Results for America's Evidence in Education Lab."

"The Palmetto State has also developed a catalogue of state-approved, evidence-based interventions that schools will be required to choose from. And "transformation coaches" will help schools select and implement these interventions."

Ah, bureaucracy! South Carolina's plan is 200 pages long.