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Help shape educational accountability in Ohio
You're invited to join in the conversation and contribute to Ohio’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan.
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Is the new federal testing pilot worth the work?
Many education stakeholders see the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) as an opportunity to fix the most problematic provisions in NCLB. For many critics, the biggest bogeyman was too much standardized testing and its associated accountability measures.
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Two changes to the Department of Education's ESSA implementation rule
Editor's note: This post reproduces a letter sent to Secretary of Education John King on July 29. Dear Mr. Secretary:
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Testing flexibility under ESSA: A primer on the pros and cons
The new education law of the land—the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)—has been the talk of the town since President Obama signed it into law in December 2015.
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Academic distress commissions: A leg up for Ohio in implementing ESSA?
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) required states to identify and intervene in persistently low-performing schools.
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Proposed ESSA regulations shortchange early learning and violate the law's intention
By Elliot Regenstein
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Change minds, change policies, change practice
Children with extraordinary gifts and talents experience drastically different needs. We parents, teachers, and advocates often get nervous calling attention to bright children, and we often fall into the trap of working under the radar or even making ourselves invisible.
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How will ESSA change Ohio’s school report cards?
ESSA implementation means changes to Ohio's school report cards
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Secretary King is wrong: ESEA was not a civil rights law
As Flypaper readers know all too well, newly arrived Education Secretary John B. King, Jr., is in hot water with Congress, state governors, and various school reformers.
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The ESSA honeymoon is over
With our laser-like focus on American K–12 education (and the even narrower territory of American K–12 reform), it can be easy to forget that good schooling can be found in many forms—and many settings.
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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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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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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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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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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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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?
