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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
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Horace Mann’s solution to political turmoil in education
Daniel Buck 2.22.2024
NationalFlypaper
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Education reform is a bipartisan endeavor
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 2.22.2024
NationalFlypaper
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Gag order? Or gag reflex?: State laws on teacher speech
Robert Pondiscio 2.22.2024
NationalFlypaper
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Jeff Murray, Brandon L. Wright 2.21.2024
NationalFlypaper
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On teacher housing, is the juice worth the squeeze?
Meredith Coffey, Ph.D. 2.15.2024
NationalFlypaper
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#907: How to do tutoring right, with Alan Safran
Alan Safran, Michael J. Petrilli, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., David Griffith 2.14.2024
NationalPodcast
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Doing educational equity right: School closures
Michael J. Petrilli 2.8.2024
NationalFlypaper
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A reboot of the Institute of Education Sciences? Time will tell.
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 2.8.2024
NationalFlypaper
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Yes, read old books
Daniel Buck 2.8.2024
NationalFlypaper
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NCTQ analyzes how well states are using policy to promote the science of reading
Jessica Poiner 2.8.2024
NationalFlypaper
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Grading New York’s “back to basics” reading plan
Robert Pondiscio 2.1.2024
NationalFlypaper