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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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David Brooks is partly right about literary fiction

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Student success systems in action: Lessons from the GRAD Partnership

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The gender gap in math performance starts early in elementary school

Jeff Murray 7.17.2025
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No one actually likes high expectations

Daniel Buck 7.10.2025
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Close bad schools and expand good ones

Chad Aldeman 7.10.2025
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Seizing educational dynamism

Stéphane Lavertu, Tim Rosenberger 7.10.2025
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Attend and achieve: Can high-impact tutoring boost student attendance?

Robert Chung 7.10.2025
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Patriotism, American identity, civics ed—and Independence Day

Chester E. Finn, Jr. 7.3.2025
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The Supreme Court is right on religious liberty, but “curriculum” is complicated

Robert Pondiscio 7.3.2025
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Could an AI-driven “job apocalypse” push the best and brightest into teaching?

Michael J. Petrilli 6.26.2025
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Terrifying families is indeed bad for children

Meredith Coffey, Ph.D. 6.26.2025
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