The Every Student Succeeds Act significantly improves upon No Child Left Behind by, among other things, giving more power back to states and local schools. We’re working to help policymakers and educators take advantage of the law’s new flexibility, especially when it comes to creating smarter school accountability systems, prioritizing the needs of high-achieving low-income students, and encouraging the adoption of content-rich curricula.
Resources:
- Rating the Ratings: An Analysis of the 51 ESSA Accountability Plans
- Leveraging ESSA to Support Quality-School Growth
- Great ideas from our ESSA Accountability Design Competition
- What ESSA means for high-achieving students
- ESSA and a content-rich education
- ESSA and parental choice
Do suspensions improve the academic achievement of non-suspended students?
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 3.11.2020
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When more students are mentored by organizations in their communities, what happens?
Jessica Poiner 3.11.2020
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The Education Gadfly Show: On technocrats and culture wars
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Chester E. Finn, Jr. 3.11.2020
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Who am I to judge? The case for classical liberal education
Clare Basil 3.5.2020
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Back to basics for conservative education reform
Yuval Levin 3.4.2020
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Saving the science of reading from becoming the next edu-fad
Robert Pondiscio 3.4.2020
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Five lessons for early literacy efforts from other reform successes and failures
Dale Chu 3.4.2020
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Using classroom videos to improve teacher evaluations
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 3.4.2020
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Conservatives: It’s time to re-engage on education
Michael J. Petrilli, Chester E. Finn, Jr. 2.26.2020
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Reforming education the American Way: State by state, community by community
Lamar Alexander 2.26.2020
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Social and emotional learning: Is the backlash coming?
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 2.26.2020
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