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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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Is military enlistment a pathway to upward mobility?
Jeff Murray 12.8.2022
NationalFlypaper
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How some states are fixing problems with early childhood education
William Rost 12.8.2022
NationalFlypaper
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The case for gifted education
Brandon L. Wright 12.6.2022
NationalFlypaper
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The good and bad news about declining U.S. poverty rates
Jon Baron 12.2.2022
NationalFlypaper
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How conservatives can lead on K–12
Frederick M. Hess 12.1.2022
NationalFlypaper
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The noose tightens around failed reading programs in schools
Robert Pondiscio 12.1.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Break high schools’ monopoly on awarding credit and diplomas
Peter Robertson 12.1.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Policy doesn’t block high school redesign. Lack of will does.
Ed Jones 12.1.2022
NationalFlypaper
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A curricular trial (and error) to develop giftedness
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 12.1.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Education Gadfly Show #847: States, snake-oil, and the science of reading, with Kymyona Burk
Michael J. Petrilli, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., David Griffith, Kymyona Burk 11.29.2022
NationalPodcast
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“Pragmatism wins”: What the midterms mean for education policy
Nathaniel Grossman 11.18.2022
NationalFlypaper