Skip to main content

Mobile Navigation

  • National
    • Policy
      • High Expectations
      • Quality Choices
      • Personalized Pathways
    • Research
    • Commentary
      • Gadfly Newsletter
      • Flypaper Blog
    • Events
    • Scholars Program
  • Ohio
    • Policy
      • Priorities
      • Media & Testimony
    • Research
    • Commentary
      • Ohio Education Gadfly Biweekly
      • Ohio Gadfly Daily
  • Charter Authorizing
    • Application
    • Sponsored Schools
    • Resources
  • About
    • Mission
    • Board
    • Staff
    • Career
Home
Home
Advancing Educational Excellence

Main Navigation

  • National
  • Ohio
  • Charter Authorizing
  • About

High Expectations

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

view Teacher in a classroom

Studying successful schools matters. Studying enduring success matters more.

Robert Pondiscio 2.19.2026
NationalFlypaper
view Business man in a skyscraper

Stop conflating success with moral authority

Miriam Merin 2.19.2026
NationalFlypaper
view Teacher in a classroom

Yes, teachers keep improving with time

Meredith Coffey, Ph.D. 2.19.2026
NationalFlypaper
view Piggy bank and chalkboard with question marks

Did the Common Core boost students’ labor market outcomes?

Brian R. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D. 2.19.2026
NationalFlypaper
view Playground with snow

ICE and ed reform

Michael J. Petrilli 2.12.2026
NationalFlypaper
view Students on computers

AI-assisted learning stumbles on the evidence

Daniel Buck, Anna Low 2.12.2026
NationalFlypaper
view Teacher in a classroom

Why doesn’t the education system study the successful?

Holly Korbey 2.12.2026
NationalFlypaper
view Balloons in a classroom

First, do no harm: The academic impacts of grade inflation on long-term outcomes

Jeff Murray 2.12.2026
NationalFlypaper
view Mississippi river bridge

Will Mississippi muddy the waters on testing and accountability?

Dale Chu 2.5.2026
NationalFlypaper
view Texas Capitol

Why Texas is right to name the books students should read

Robert Pondiscio 2.5.2026
NationalFlypaper
view Student taking a test

Should states cover AP exam costs for all students?

Meredith Coffey, Ph.D. 2.5.2026
NationalFlypaper
view Chalkboard line graph

Pandemic learning loss by grade

Alicia Anderson 2.5.2026
NationalFlypaper

Pagination

  • First page « First
  • Previous page ‹‹
  • Page 10
  • Page 11
  • Page 12
  • Page 13
  • Current page 14
  • Page 15
  • Page 16
  • Page 17
  • Page 18
  • Next page ››
  • Last page Last »
Fordham Logo

© 2026 The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Privacy Policy
Usage Agreement

National

P.O. Box 110
Burke, VA 22009

202.223.5452

[email protected]

Ohio

P.O. Box 82291
Columbus, OH 43202

614.223.1580

[email protected]

Sponsorship

130 West Second Street, Suite 410
Dayton, Ohio 45402

937.227.3368

[email protected]