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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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Let’s talk about discipline and disparate impact (again)

Michael J. Petrilli 5.14.2025
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‘Social justice’ education has been harming the children it needs to help, but cutting off funds to schools is not the answer

Steven F. Wilson 5.13.2025
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Building a replacement for NCES

Paul DiPerna 5.12.2025
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Targeting the neediest students when race can’t be used

Dale Chu 5.8.2025
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Dear Democrats, Republicans are eating your lunch on education. What are you going to do about it?

Rachel Canter 5.8.2025
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The long-term impacts of an Ohio community college student support program

Jeff Murray 5.8.2025
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#968: Are school inspections the accountability tool we’ve overlooked? with Erik Robelen

Erik Robelen, Michael J. Petrilli, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., David Griffith, Ph.D. 5.7.2025
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Creating optimal conditions for advanced learners

Jackie Drummer 5.2.2025
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Ed in ‘28: A playbook for Democratic education reformers

Dale Chu 5.1.2025
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Want high schoolers to read books? Support teachers to make it happen.

Meredith Coffey, Ph.D. 5.1.2025
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SCOTUS should mandate state support for religious education, but not via charter schools

Michael J. Petrilli 4.30.2025
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#966: Is calculus king? Rethinking math pathways, with Matt Giani

Matt Giani , Michael J. Petrilli, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., David Griffith, Ph.D. 4.23.2025
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