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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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“Curriculum transparency” is harder to achieve than lawmakers assume
Robert Pondiscio 1.19.2023
NationalFlypaper
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National Working Group on Advanced Education: Summary of third meeting
The Education Gadfly 1.19.2023
NationalFlypaper
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The slowly-narrowing achievement gap
Josh Einis 1.19.2023
NationalFlypaper
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Why I’m against the economic argument for educating gifted children
Victoria McDougald 1.12.2023
NationalFlypaper
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One teacher’s response to the reading wars
Nathaniel Grossman 1.12.2023
NationalFlypaper
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Challenges and disappointments in school superintendency: Lessons from Broad
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 1.12.2023
NationalFlypaper
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The impact of regulatory flexibility on the teacher workforce in Massachusetts charter schools
Jeff Murray 1.12.2023
NationalFlypaper
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Education Gadfly Show #852: New Year’s resolutions for America’s schools, with Robert Pondiscio
Michael J. Petrilli, Robert Pondiscio, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., David Griffith 1.10.2023
NationalPodcast
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We need to prepare now for the school closures that are coming
Tim Daly 1.6.2023
NationalFlypaper
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An octet of dualisms for the new year
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 1.5.2023
NationalFlypaper
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The typical gifted program is likely to become even less equitable
Scott J. Peters, Meredith Langi 1.5.2023
NationalFlypaper