The sunlight effect: More equitable spending on its way regardless of rulemaking

By Marguerite Roza. Last week I listened in on the Department of Education’s contentious negotiated rulemaking session. The topic of debate was the “supplement-not-supplant” provision of the Title I program—a bedrock of the newly reauthorized Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) designed to help low-income students by funneling aid to school districts based on student demographics. More...