National Education Resources

Best Interest Determinations and Immediate Enrollment

Education and Child Welfare Points of Contact

Effective Collaboration

Greater Good in Education

National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments

Non-Regulatory Guidance: Ensuring Educational Stability for Children in Foster Care

Transportation Procedures

U.S. Department of Education Resources

U.S. Department of Education Students in Foster Care

ESSA

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed by President Obama on December 10, 2015. ESSA includes provisions that will help to ensure success for students and schools across the country. According to the U.S. Department of Education, ESSA:

• Advances equity by upholding critical protections for America's disadvantaged and high-need students.
• Requires—for the first time—that all students in America be taught to high academic standards that will prepare them to succeed in college and careers.
• Ensures that vital information is provided to educators, families, students, and communities through annual statewide assessments that measure students' progress toward those high standards.
• Helps to support and grow local innovations—including evidence-based and place-based interventions developed by local leaders and educators—consistent with our Investing in Innovation and Promise Neighborhoods
• Maintains an expectation that there will be accountability and action to effect positive change in our lowest-performing schools, where groups of students are not making progress, and where graduation rates are low over extended periods of time.