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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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Should you redshirt your kindergartner?

Alicia Anderson 7.30.2026
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Transforming school systems | Episode 1028 of The Education Gadfly Show

Mike Miles, Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Ph.D., Brian R. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D. 7.29.2026
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Accountability is not just about improving instruction. It aims to shift local politics, too.

Michael J. Petrilli 7.23.2026
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“Saving” the humanities

David Steiner 7.23.2026
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Getting good teachers to stay

Jill Hoppe 7.23.2026
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Examining Covid-era cultural conflicts within school boards

Jeff Murray 7.23.2026
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Cleveland is a national model for closing underenrolled schools

Jessica Poiner 7.17.2026
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How to make the high school diploma mean something again

Dale Chu 7.16.2026
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The learning recession might be caused by a teaching recession

Mike Schmoker 7.16.2026
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Should we use genetics to understand high-potential, low-income students? These researchers think it’s worth trying.

Brandon L. Wright 7.16.2026
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There’s actually more to the i-Ready story: A rebuttal

Daniel Carr 7.10.2026
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Texas has a theory of education

Robert Pondiscio 7.9.2026
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