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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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What we're reading this week: March 4, 2021
The Education Gadfly 3.4.2021
NationalFlypaper
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The Education Gadfly Show: Does Biden have the right tack on school reopenings?
Michael J. Petrilli, Dale Chu, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 2.25.2021
NationalPodcast
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Is hybrid learning killing teaching?
Robert Pondiscio 2.25.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Power to the people? Part 2: History’s lessons for “community control”
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 2.25.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Assessing the value of community college credentials
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 2.25.2021
NationalFlypaper
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What happens to English learners’ academic achievement when they’re reclassified as English proficient?
Melissa Gutwein 2.25.2021
NationalFlypaper
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What we're reading this week: February 25, 2021
The Education Gadfly 2.25.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Gen Z and Millennials are bullish on their futures and critical about today’s schools
Bruno V. Manno, Chair 2.23.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Biden’s soft touch might be the only hope for schools in blue districts to reopen
Michael J. Petrilli 2.18.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Teacher unions are the only ones being coldly rational about reopening schools
Dale Chu 2.18.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Power to the people? Part I
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 2.18.2021
NationalFlypaper