Every Student Succeeds Act prepares to reform education

On Dec. 10, 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to replace the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2002.

ESSA will reform tomorrow’s education plan by increasing the power of state governments in the education of their students, especially those of high need.

The new legislation is a bipartisan measure designed to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a civil rights act signed into law 50 years ago by Lyndon B. Johnson.

The act is described by the U.S. Department of Education to be the “nation’s national education law and longstan...