NEW CHALLENGES, NEW MINDSETS, NEW DISCIPLINES: TRANSFORMING THE SEA INTO A MODERN PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATION

State education agencies (SEAs) are under fire and face new expectations from all sides. The federal government, state legislatures and governors, and citizens themselves are calling upon the SEA to do more—more to improve outcomes for students, more to close the achievement gap, and more to meet the diverse instructional needs of students. But, these new expectations do not come with new funding. SEAs must learn to work with less; what Secretary Arne Duncan has called the “new normal.”