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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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Finding “lost Einsteins” means fixing K–5 science, especially in rural schools

Jeanne McCarty 9.29.2023
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ChatGPT hasn’t killed the academic essay

Daniel Buck 9.28.2023
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Parents and schools need a reset

Ryan Hooper 9.28.2023
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Students’ ignorance of U.S. history and civics remains a national embarrassment

Robert Pondiscio 9.28.2023
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The ups and downs of Dallas’s pay-for-performance roller coaster

Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 9.28.2023
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Later-life impacts of school accountability

Jeff Murray 9.28.2023
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Chronic absenteeism has become a crisis, part 3: Solutions

Tim Daly 9.21.2023
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In the wake of the pandemic, time is of the essence for high school students

Victoria McDougald 9.21.2023
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Excellence gaps: New resources and a personal history

Jonathan Plucker 9.18.2023
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A bridge back to bipartisan education reform

Michael J. Petrilli 9.14.2023
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Create a more flexible work week for teachers

Meredith Coffey, Ph.D. 9.14.2023
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Back to the future: Houston takes a page from ed reform’s recent past

Dale Chu 9.14.2023
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