President Obama Delivers Remarks And Signs The Every Student Succeeds Act

U.S. President Barack Obama, center, smiles after signing the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) bill in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House with Kenmore Middle School student Antonio Martin, from left, Senator Lamar Alexander, a Republican of Tennessee, and Representative Bobby Scott, a Democrat from Virginia, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. The bipartisan ESSA bill cements the progress made in elementary and secondary education over the last seven years and fixes the No Child Left Behind Act to reduce over-testing. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images