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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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The Education Gadfly Show #782: Whatever you do, don’t call it social and emotional learning
David Griffith, Adam Tyner, Ph.D., Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 8.12.2021
NationalPodcast
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How to Sell SEL: Parents and the Politics of Social-Emotional Learning
Adam Tyner, Ph.D. 8.11.2021
NationalReport
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Groundhog Day for school discipline
David Griffith 8.5.2021
NationalFlypaper
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The case for partisan school board elections
Aaron Churchill 8.5.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Busting the belief gap via regular student assessment
Jeff Murray 8.5.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Five ideas for recruiting and retaining more Black and Hispanic teachers
William Rost 8.5.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Remote instruction is to blame for plummeting test scores
Nat Malkus 8.3.2021
NationalFlypaper
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2.7 cheers for the NAEP Reading Framework
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 7.29.2021
NationalFlypaper
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How well do public schools in large cities overcome the effects of poverty and other barriers?
Jessica Poiner 7.29.2021
NationalFlypaper
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How do suspensions affect classroom learning?
Jeremy Smith 7.29.2021
NationalFlypaper
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The Education Gadfly Show #780: The state of teacher licensure
Michael J. Petrilli, Kate Walsh, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 7.29.2021
NationalPodcast