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
D.C. continues to improve its teacher evaluation system
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 1.22.2020
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School Improvement Grants worked well—at least in these four locales
Jessica Poiner 1.22.2020
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The Education Gadfly Show: Research Deep Dive—School discipline reform
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Matthew Steinberg 1.21.2020
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The top 10 EconTalk episodes on education
Adam Tyner, Ph.D. 1.17.2020
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Edunomics Lab against the tide: Yes, eliminate CRDC finance elements
Marguerite Roza, Elizabeth Ross 1.16.2020
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Weak board governance weakens K–12 performance
Tom Coyne 1.16.2020
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Digging in the dirt for quality curriculum
Robert Pondiscio 1.14.2020
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Why don’t evidence-based practices take hold in schools?
Jeremy Noonan 1.14.2020
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Where R & D and school improvement meet, good things happen
Michael J. Petrilli 1.8.2020
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The power of the two-parent home is not a myth
Ian Rowe 1.8.2020
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Watch the movie, don’t just read the script: Teaching vs. curriculum
Mike Goldstein 1.8.2020
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