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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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Public education is drifting from its founding ideals and public purpose
Robert Pondiscio 11.17.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Parent groups win big despite Republican losses
Daniel Buck 11.17.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Virginia Gentles 11.15.2022
NationalPodcast
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Eva Moskowitz 11.10.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Impacts of a content-rich literacy intervention
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 11.10.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Bart Epstein 11.8.2022
NationalPodcast
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The future of exam schools
Hilde Kahn 11.8.2022
NationalFlypaper
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High expectations in the classroom: When the unlikely becomes the possible
Stuart Kime 11.4.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Governors should stop spinning NAEP results and start proposing solutions
Marc Porter Magee, Ned Stanley 11.4.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Lowering expectations for students isn’t the answer to pandemic learning loss
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., David Griffith 11.3.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Holistic admissions: The good, the bad, the ugly
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 11.3.2022
NationalFlypaper