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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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Here’s how to make Governor DeWine’s proposed career planning requirement work better for students

Jessica Poiner 3.10.2025
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Are states ready to lead on education? Could Trump’s policies set them up to fail?

Dale Chu 3.6.2025
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Three good reasons teachers shouldn’t D.I.Y. their lessons (and shouldn’t be asked to)

Robert Pondiscio 3.6.2025
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Defunding the teacher trainers

Frederick M. Hess 3.6.2025
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Did the most well-known and influential study in K–12 education get it wrong?

Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 3.6.2025
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How school HVAC systems affect learning

Ali Schalop 3.6.2025
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There is proof that knowledge works. And it’s overwhelming.

Robert Pondiscio 2.27.2025
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Hard lessons from the NAEP results

Tim Daly 2.27.2025
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Make room, test scores: Introducing “indicators of high school and middle school readiness”

Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., David Griffith, Ph.D. 2.20.2025
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Mind the honesty gap

Dale Chu 2.20.2025
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A bold state move to improve reading

Emily Freitag 2.20.2025
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The state of pandemic learning loss recovery

Jeff Murray 2.20.2025
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