Mission Statement

Building the capacity of education professionals to provide all children served by ESEA programs with a high-quality education.

Guiding Principles

1. Students must be at the center of all decision-making processes at the local, state, and federal levels.

2. Appropriations for the federal education programs contained in the ESEA must be increased to the maximum levels authorized in statute and should continue to be funded.

3. States and districts must have flexibility when implementing initiatives and accountability for achieving improved outcomes for all students, including closing persistent achievement gaps among student groups.

4. There must be increased coordination among federal education programs to effectively meet the needs of our nation’s most vulnerable students and maximize the impact of federal, state, and local resources.

5. Evidence-based instructional and support programs should be developed, implemented, evaluated, and broadly disseminated to meet the needs of all students and their families.

6. Federal education programs for schools and districts supporting the most vulnerable students must include funding and flexibility to support professional development programs for all education professionals.

Adopted 05/15/2018
Updated 10/16/2025