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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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Cheers and Jeers: June 10, 2021
The Education Gadfly 6.10.2021
NationalFlypaper
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President Biden’s $220,000,000,000 “American Family Plan” should also pivot home
Miriam Kurtzig Freedman 6.4.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Wonkathon 2021: Addressing students’ mental health needs coming out of the pandemic
The Education Gadfly 6.3.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Tennessee’s excellent plan to address unfinished learning
Dale Chu 6.3.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Zombie ideas in education
Bryan Goodwin 6.3.2021
NationalFlypaper
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The Education Gadfly Show #772: What’s going to happen to the NAEP reading test?
Michael J. Petrilli, Chester E. Finn, Jr., David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 6.3.2021
NationalPodcast
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Cheers and Jeers: June 3, 2021
The Education Gadfly 6.3.2021
NationalFlypaper
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What we're reading this week: June 3, 2021
The Education Gadfly 6.3.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Fast break: Instilling emotional safety and engaged learning in high schools
Barry E. Stern, Ph.D. 5.27.2021
NationalFlypaper
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A student-centric school design must be the rule if we are to build sustainable support for children, families, and educators
Shelton L. Jefferies 5.27.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Partnering with culturally-specific community organizations to provide consistent, expansive, and adaptive mental health services
Christine Pitts, Elizabeth Gilkey 5.27.2021
NationalFlypaper