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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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Stiff headwinds for civic education
Robert Pondiscio 4.27.2023
NationalFlypaper
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Should selective high school admissions be decided by a one-shot test?
Adam Tyner, Ph.D. 4.27.2023
NationalFlypaper
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The problematic variation in socioeconomic status measures
William Rost 4.27.2023
NationalFlypaper
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#867: How Core Knowledge schools boost students’ reading comprehension, with Robert Pondiscio
Robert Pondiscio, Michael J. Petrilli, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., David Griffith 4.26.2023
NationalPodcast
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“A Nation at Risk” warned of “a rising tide of mediocrity.” Forty years later, little has changed.
Morgan Polikoff 4.21.2023
NationalFlypaper
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Character formation is central to a liberal education: The example of Wake Forest University
Jennifer Frey 4.20.2023
NationalFlypaper
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Let’s forge a new K–12 political coalition—without political extremists
Bruno V. Manno, Chair 4.20.2023
NationalFlypaper
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An early analysis of a one-to-one tutoring model
Jeff Murray 4.20.2023
NationalFlypaper
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California must better support its advanced learners
Victoria McDougald 4.19.2023
NationalFlypaper
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Georgia’s laudable addition of Great Works to its English standards
Mark Bauerlein 4.14.2023
NationalFlypaper
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Democracy dies without trust and truth: Strengthen civics education
Walter Parker 4.14.2023
NationalFlypaper