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
How districts can mitigate the harm of popular but low-quality online curriculum resources
Jennifer Dean, Jenni Aberli, Sarah Baughman, Bryan Drost, Joey Hawkins 12.17.2019
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Teachers trust each other more than they trust experts
Stacey Childress 12.16.2019
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Why we reviewers are wary about the popular online curriculum resources teachers are downloading
Jennifer Dean, Jenni Aberli, Sarah Baughman, Bryan Drost, Joey Hawkins 12.13.2019
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Reading between the lines: What states can do about America’s literacy challenge
Joanne Weiss 12.11.2019
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A heroic effort to right the civics ship
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 12.11.2019
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Does helicopter parenting help or cause harm?
Jeff Murray 12.11.2019
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The Supplemental Curriculum Bazaar: Is What's Online Any Good?
Morgan Polikoff, Jennifer Dean 12.10.2019
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Why China’s PISA scores are hard to believe
Tom Loveless 12.6.2019
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PISA 2018: Leaning into the economic headwinds
Michael J. Petrilli 12.4.2019
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The Houston Federation of Teachers plays the Trump card
Dale Chu 12.4.2019
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Mississippi rising? A partial explanation for its NAEP improvement is that it holds students back
Todd Collins 12.4.2019
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