California putting vulnerable students in harm’s way

This year, states are casting off No Child Left Behind’s one-size-fits-all schoolhouse shackles and experimenting with innovative ways to hold schools accountable. Some states are measuring school climate, access to advanced coursework, or socioemotional skills. But only California is planning to incentivize schools to put vulnerable students in harm’s way.
Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, which replaced NCLB, California plans on holding schools accountable for suspension rates.