The Education Evolving Blog

It’s a busy and exciting time at Education Evolving. We are proud to unveil the results of that work, including a new vision for student-centered learning, statement on educational equity, policy paper, visual brand, and logo.

On Monday, 30 states, including Minnesota, turned in their Every Student Succeeds Act accountability plans to the US Department of Education in the second and final deadline. Minnesota’s accountability plan is the culmination of the work that the Minnesota Department of Education engaged in for the past 21 months. Read here for some of the changes that MDE has made to the plan since we last reported.

MDE published the ESSA state plan on August 1st, and is hosting a series of public commentary meetings from August 15-26th. Read here to learn about some of the changes that MDE has made to their plan, some of the concerns that have been raised by the public, the locations for where they are hosting their public commentary hearings, and how you can submit public comment.

Over the past few weeks, the growing animosity between different education organizations and advocates regarding the merits of charter versus traditional district schools has dominated the news cycle. However, in recent years, a growing number of districts and charter schools have put aside their political differences and worked together in order to do what’s best for students. Read here to learn about these district-charter collaborations.