By Keshia Clukey | Politico NY
“ALBANY — New York education stakeholders brought together by the state education department Thursday to discuss the department’s plans for complying with the new federal Every Student Succeeds Act are now questioning whether guidelines for the law provide the level of flexibility that had been touted after its passage.
Some are calling on the state to stand up to the federal education department and its leader, former New York state education commissioner John King Jr., warning that state officials may otherwise lose any trust they have built up in the past year as they’ve attempted to pacify the turbulent education environment.”