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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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Education’s enduring love affair with “luxury beliefs”
Robert Pondiscio 12.9.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Conservatives: Let’s focus on winning policy, not just winning politics
Karen Nussle 12.9.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Learning more about the use of industry recognized credentials
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 12.9.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Proof that online credit recovery has been on the rise
Adam Tyner, Ph.D. 12.9.2021
NationalFlypaper
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America’s Best and Worst Metro Areas for School Quality
Thomas B. Fordham Institute 12.8.2021
NationalReport
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Education Gadfly Show #798: Which metro areas are accelerating student learning?
Michael J. Petrilli, Adam Tyner, Ph.D., David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 12.8.2021
NationalPodcast
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In defense of suspensions
Daniel Buck 12.3.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Education is progressive. Schools are conservative.
Robert Pondiscio 12.3.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Attacking gifted education is bad policy and bad politics
Brandon L. Wright 12.2.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Teaching gratitude beyond Thanksgiving
Jennifer Frey 12.2.2021
NationalFlypaper
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The centrality of instructional materials: My experience with Doug Lemov’s Reading Reconsidered Curriculum
Daniel Buck 12.2.2021
NationalFlypaper