Anaheim social studies teacher and City School District board member Ryan Ruelas will serve in the U.S. Capital on a Department of Education committee that will help determine how the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) will be implemented.  ESSA, recently re-authorized by Congress, will establish how federal education spending and support will come to individual states. As a National Education Association-nominated member of the Negotiated Rulemaking Panel, Ruelas will weigh in on issues of how supplemental funding is determined and flexibility states will be given in developing student assessments. Read more.