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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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Secretary Cardona asked states to “raise the bar.” New York responded by lowering it.
Dale Chu 3.30.2023
NationalFlypaper
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High schoolers don’t graduate with the learning habits to succeed in college
Nathaniel Grossman 3.30.2023
NationalFlypaper
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How the “math wars” are different from the “reading wars”
Natalie Wexler 3.24.2023
NationalFlypaper
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Conservatives’ blunder: Making enemies of public school teachers
Robert Pondiscio 3.23.2023
NationalFlypaper
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Yes, high school English can be a bore. No, it’s not Common Core’s fault.
Meredith Coffey, Ph.D. 3.23.2023
NationalFlypaper
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New evidence of weak benefits to student-teacher matching on race
Jeff Murray 3.23.2023
NationalFlypaper
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States can improve equity and outcomes in gifted education, but too many aren’t trying
Brandon L. Wright 3.22.2023
NationalFlypaper
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Keep the tests, but reform the test prep
Emily Freitag 3.17.2023
NationalFlypaper
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We know student effort matters, so let’s start acting like it
Eva Moskowitz 3.16.2023
NationalFlypaper
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We must return to the core mission of education: academic learning
David Steiner 3.16.2023
NationalFlypaper
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How teachers affect students’ perceptions of school climate
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 3.16.2023
NationalFlypaper