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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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Accountability will be the bedrock of AI in education
Khaled Ismail 11.13.2023
NationalFlypaper
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Transformative for the motivated and mere meh for the unmotivated: How AI will and won’t affect learners
Sean Geraghty, Mike Goldstein 11.13.2023
NationalFlypaper
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School choice isn’t killing traditional public schools. It’s making them better.
Michael J. Petrilli 11.9.2023
NationalFlypaper
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Schools aren’t up to the task of teaching students about the Israel-Hamas War
Robert Pondiscio 11.9.2023
NationalFlypaper
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State education departments are cheerleading mediocrity
Dale Chu 11.9.2023
NationalFlypaper
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Grading standards and student effort: Short-run versus long-run effects
Adam Tyner, Ph.D. 11.9.2023
NationalFlypaper
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How Washington State passed a universal-screening law: An interview with Austina De Bonte
Brandon L. Wright 11.6.2023
NationalFlypaper
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Smartphones and social media are leading to depression and anxiety for our students. Are they depressing test scores, too?
Michael J. Petrilli 11.2.2023
NationalFlypaper
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Where do the Republican candidates stand on education?
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 11.2.2023
NationalFlypaper
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The effects of a virtual literacy-tutoring program
Jeff Murray 11.2.2023
NationalFlypaper
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#894: The victims of grade inflation, with Tim Donahue
Tim Donahue, Michael J. Petrilli, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., David Griffith 11.1.2023
NationalPodcast