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Make Assessment Work for All Students: Multiple Measures Matter
We look at the results of a recent survey around assessments
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ESSA
How to use ESSA to promote funding equity for schools of choice
Earlier this month, eleven scholars, analysts, and advocates participated in our annual Wonkathon. The challenge we put to them was to find provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act that could be used to expand parental choice.
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ESSA
The proposed ESSA regulations: Return of the bureaucrats
As everyone knows, the Department of Education released its latest package of proposed regulations today. Among other issues, this round addresses the heart of the Every Student Succeeds Act: its accountability provisions.
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Charter Schools, ESSA
Kudos to Columbus Collegiate
At the same time we wrapped up our Wonkathon on parental choice under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the Washington Post’s Jay Mathews published a column on the new law’s implications for s
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ESSA
The value of a teaching corps that reflects the diversity of our schools
It is disheartening that, in 2016, the recognition of gifted students of color may be more dependent on the race of their teachers than their demonstrated abilities.
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ESSA
Increasing capacity: An overview of ESSA's Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grant
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which was signed into law by President Obama in December, has been hailed as a bipartisan effort to fix the most problematic provisio
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ESSA
Lamar Alexander floor speech on ESSA regulations: Full transcript
On May 5, the Congressional Research Service released a report on proposed U.S. Department of Education spending regulations under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
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Charter Schools, ESSA
When it comes to choice, small grants can make a big difference
Editor's note: This is the final post in Fordham's 2016 Wonkathon. We've asked assorted education policy experts to answer this question: What are the "sleeper provisions" of ESSA that might encourage the further expansion of parental choice, at least if advocates seize the opportunity?
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Charter Schools, ESSA
More money, more outcomes
Editor's note: This is the tenth post in Fordham's 2016 Wonkathon. We've asked assorted education policy experts to answer this question: What are the "sleeper provisions" of ESSA that might encourage the further expansion of parental choice, at least if advocates seize the opportunity?
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Charter Schools, ESSA
Waive the waivers
Editor's note: This is the ninth post in Fordham's 2016 Wonkathon. We've asked assorted education policy experts to answer this question: What are the "sleeper provisions" of ESSA that might encourage the further expansion of parental choice, at least if advocates seize the opportunity?
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Charter Schools, ESSA
Why weighted funding matters for school choice
Editor's note: This is the eighth post in Fordham's 2016 Wonkathon. We've asked assorted education policy experts to answer this question: What are the "sleeper provisions" of ESSA that might encourage the further expansion of parental choice, at least if advocates seize the opportunity?
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Charter Schools, ESSA
Two great tastes that taste great together: Course access and direct student services
Editor's note: This is the sixth post in Fordham's 2016 Wonkathon. We've asked assorted education policy experts to answer this question: What are the "sleeper provisions" of ESSA that might encourage the further expansion of parental choice, at least if advocates seize the opportunity?
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Charter Schools, ESSA
Follow the money: ESSA's weighted student funding pilots
Editor's note: This is the fifth post in Fordham's 2016 Wonkathon. We've asked assorted education policy experts to answer this question: What are the "sleeper provisions" of ESSA that might encourage the further expansion of parental choice, at least if advocates seize the opportunity?
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Charter Schools, ESSA
Choosy states choose...choice!
Editor's note: This is the fourth post in Fordham's 2016 Wonkathon. We've asked assorted education policy experts to answer this question: What are the "sleeper provisions" of ESSA that might encourage the further expansion of parental choice, at least if advocates seize the opportunity?
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Charter Schools, ESSA
ESSA's hidden treasure
Editor's note: This is the third post in Fordham's 2016 Wonkathon. We've asked assorted education policy experts to answer this question: What are the "sleeper provisions" of ESSA that might encourage the further expansion of parental choice, at least if advocates seize the opportunity?
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Charter Schools, ESSA
Help Goldman Sachs profit off of at-risk teens
Editor's note: This is the second post in Fordham's 2016 Wonkathon. We've asked assorted education policy experts to answer this question: What are the "sleeper provisions" of ESSA that might encourage the further expansion of parental choice, at least if advocates seize the opportunity?
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Charter Schools, ESSA
Will states and parents seize ESSA's opportunities?
Editor's note: This is the first post in Fordham's 2016 Wonkathon. We've asked assorted education policy experts to answer this question: What are the "sleeper provisions" of ESSA that might encourage the further expansion of parental choice, at least if advocates seize the opportunity?
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ESSA
ESSA: The potential of direct student services
President Obama signed the new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), in December 2015.
