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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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Two great tastes that taste great together: Course access and direct student services
5.10.2016
NationalWonkathon
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Follow the money: ESSA's weighted student funding pilots
5.10.2016
NationalWonkathon
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Choosy states choose...choice!
5.9.2016
NationalWonkathon
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ESSA's hidden treasure
5.9.2016
NationalWonkathon
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Help Goldman Sachs profit off of at-risk teens
5.9.2016
NationalWonkathon
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Will states and parents seize ESSA's opportunities?
5.9.2016
NationalWonkathon
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ESSA: The potential of direct student services
Jessica Poiner 5.9.2016
NationalFlypaper
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Revamp of Charter Schools Program incentivizes (mostly) the right things
Jamie Davies O'Leary 5.3.2016
NationalFlypaper
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Shut bad schools for low performance, but don't draw conclusions from test scores alone
Michael J. Petrilli 5.3.2016
NationalFlypaper
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America's Report Card: We're still ignoring low-income high-achievers
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Brandon L. Wright 4.29.2016
NationalFlypaper
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Announcing the Fordham Institute's third annual Wonkathon. This year's topic: ESSA and parental choice
Michael J. Petrilli 4.28.2016
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