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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

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Two cheers for Thomas Taylor

Michael J. Petrilli 9.2.2025
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Education reform in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Kamren Herring 8.29.2025
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Coaches and teachers both understand: Effort is king

Michael J. Petrilli 8.29.2025
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More research on teacher salary freezes, please

Meredith Coffey, Ph.D. 8.28.2025
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The inconvenient success of New Orleans schools

Ravi Gupta 8.28.2025
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Teachers don’t like “equitable” grading practices

Michael J. Petrilli 8.21.2025
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How administrators can support classroom discipline

Daniel Buck 8.21.2025
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The limit on classical education’s growth

Robert Pondiscio, Annika Hernandez 8.21.2025
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Tracing the CTE teacher pipeline from industry to classroom

Jill Hoppe 8.21.2025
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Welcome to Lake Wobegon, Oklahoma

Michael J. Petrilli 8.18.2025
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The U.S. ignores home-grown ed ideas that are accelerating progress overseas

Nick Gibb 8.14.2025
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How states can address instructional incoherence

Emily Freitag 8.14.2025
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