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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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The pandemic was a Sputnik moment for rethinking education, and we blew it

Robin Lake, Paul T. Hill 3.27.2025
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Should special education include advanced students?

Alina Adams 3.21.2025
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LOLCats: A real efficiency effort for our schools

Michael J. Petrilli 3.20.2025
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Education at an inflection point

Dale Chu 3.20.2025
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Trump needs to call Lamar

Andy Smarick 3.20.2025
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#961: How “No Excuses” charter schools went off the rails, with Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson, Michael J. Petrilli, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 3.19.2025
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The cost of “updating inputs,” plus other notes on the state budget

Aaron Churchill 3.13.2025
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Governor DeWine is right: Ohio must stop funding “empty desks”

Aaron Churchill 3.13.2025
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11 thoughts about the massive layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education

Michael J. Petrilli 3.12.2025
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Should schools pay students to attend remediation programs?

Alina Adams 3.12.2025
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The return of accountability

Tim Daly 3.12.2025
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Barriers to teaching and assessing “soft skills”

Heena Kuwayama 3.12.2025
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