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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: Good news on instructional materials
Michael J. Petrilli, Eric Hirsch, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 4.1.2021
NationalPodcast
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What we're reading this week: April 1, 2021
The Education Gadfly 4.1.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Cheers and Jeers: April 1, 2021
The Education Gadfly 4.1.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Best- and worst-case scenarios for how school stimulus dollars will be spent
Chad Aldeman 3.26.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Our full rebuttal to a flawed critique of “Robbers or Victims? Charter Schools and District Finances”
3.25.2021
NationalFlypaper
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How districts and charter networks can best address unfinished learning
Michael J. Petrilli 3.25.2021
NationalFlypaper
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The stimulus package won’t fix schools’ employee-benefit problem
Brandon L. Wright 3.25.2021
NationalFlypaper
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CDC school guidelines, acceleration, stimulus, and other goings-on
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 3.25.2021
NationalFlypaper
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The role of out-of-school supports in boosting academic outcomes
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Jeff Murray 3.25.2021
NationalFlypaper
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The Education Gadfly Show: Accelerating learning post-pandemic
Michael J. Petrilli, David Steiner, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 3.25.2021
NationalPodcast