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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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High-achieving middle and high schoolers gain from latest NYC ed reform
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Brandon L. Wright 10.6.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Instructional time lost to Covid will likely mean persistent and widening gaps in literacy
Robert Pondiscio 10.6.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Doug Lemov’s vision for fostering meaning, purpose, and belonging in our classrooms
Daniel Buck 10.6.2022
NationalFlypaper
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A big, rambunctious conservative education agenda is a feature, not a bug
Max Eden, Hayley Sanon 10.3.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Should schools group students by ability?
Scott J. Peters, Jonathan Plucker 9.29.2022
NationalFlypaper
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America’s education crisis as a national security threat
Nicholas Eberstadt, Evan Abramsky 9.29.2022
NationalFlypaper
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California backtracks on withholding testing data
Dale Chu 9.29.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Conservatives’ disjointed education-reform agenda
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 9.29.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Accelerating math achievement through customized practice
Jeff Murray 9.29.2022
NationalFlypaper
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Cheers and Jeers: September 29, 2022
The Education Gadfly 9.29.2022
NationalFlypaper
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What we're reading this week: September 29, 2022
The Education Gadfly 9.29.2022
NationalFlypaper