Competency Based Learning

The following post is by Lexi Barrett, America Forward’s Policy Director. This week, both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are making a historic push forward to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), most recently known as the No Child Left Behind Act. Despite many attempts, Congress has repeatedly failed to update and improve the law. That

Last Thursday, April 16th, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved the Every Child Achieves Act, a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The Every Child Achieves Act represents an important step forward toward a strong, bipartisan ESEA reauthorization. Here are our five biggest highlights from the Senate's bill: Pay-for-Success: The Senate bill makes