NPE President Diane Ravitch recently initiated a dialogue with one of the architects of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Senator Lamar Alexander. You can find Diane's conversation with Sen. Alexander's Chief of Staff, David Cleary, on the NPE Action website.

Read Diane's questions and Mr. Cleary's responses. Does the conversation generate questions you want answered? If so, send in your questions and Diane will forward them to Sen. Alexander's office. 

This is a rare opportunity get behind the legalese and the spin, and ask questions directly to one of the federal legislators who wrote ESSA. 

Questions must be submitted before February 26th to be considered. When we hear back from Sen. Alexander's office we will post the responses to our website as quickly as possible.