Last week’s long-delayed reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 – now dubbed Every Student Succeeds (ESSA) — demonstrated what our deadlocked politics can do when the stars align: get rid of a bad law that nobody wants around anymore. With No Child Left Behind (NCLB) dumped at the curb, many are proclaiming the […]

Douglas Reed
Douglas Reed is associate professor of government and director of the Program in Education, Inquiry and Justice at Georgetown University.