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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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Teachers should replace “the soft bigotry of low expectations” with “the suspension of disbelief”

Michael J. Petrilli 12.8.2022
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Institutionalism, not policy, is the biggest barrier to reinventing high schools

Chelsea Waite 12.8.2022
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Families are shrinking high schools with or without help from policymakers

Matthew Ladner 12.8.2022
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Is military enlistment a pathway to upward mobility?

Jeff Murray 12.8.2022
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How some states are fixing problems with early childhood education

William Rost 12.8.2022
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The case for gifted education

Brandon L. Wright 12.6.2022
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The good and bad news about declining U.S. poverty rates

Jon Baron 12.2.2022
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How conservatives can lead on K–12

Frederick M. Hess 12.1.2022
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The noose tightens around failed reading programs in schools

Robert Pondiscio 12.1.2022
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Break high schools’ monopoly on awarding credit and diplomas

Peter Robertson 12.1.2022
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Policy doesn’t block high school redesign. Lack of will does.

Ed Jones 12.1.2022
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A curricular trial (and error) to develop giftedness

Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 12.1.2022
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