In an event co-hosted by AEI and the Center for American Progress, Rick Hess and Raegan Miller will discuss their views on what particular changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will allow it to fulfill its aims without causing educators and local officials legal headaches.

The American Action Forum and American Enterprise Institute invite you to participate in a conversation on accountability as it relates to the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

"Considering that Congress does not plan to zero out the federal role in education, we should be taking a closer look at what the federal government can and cannot do well in education. Congress must consider past successes and failures. An ESEA informed by what the federal government can do well--like promote transparency--will be most promising"

With state budgets under considerable strain, the time has come for the federal government to take a hard look at the capacities of state education agencies to fulfill progressive education mandates.

Today, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) director of education policy studies Rick Hess, along with Raegen Miller and Cindy Brown of the Center for American Progress, released recommendations for fixing key provisions of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)--federal funding targeted at our nation’s neediest students.

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The federal government can and should play a limited but important role in helping the nation address the challenge of  improving the productivity of education spending.