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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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Eight recommendations for the Biden administration
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 1.21.2021
NationalFlypaper
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What the Capitol riot means for civics education
Dale Chu 1.21.2021
NationalFlypaper
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One option for giving children their pandemic year back: Add an extra year to elementary school, forever
Michael J. Petrilli 1.21.2021
NationalFlypaper
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How gifted students improve the outcomes of their classmates, regardless of their ability levels
Brandon L. Wright 1.21.2021
NationalFlypaper
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What we're reading this week: January 21, 2021
The Education Gadfly 1.21.2021
NationalFlypaper
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The pandemic dims a beacon of school improvement
Josh Boots 1.20.2021
NationalFlypaper
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New York City’s dismantling of gifted education could hurt Black and Hispanic children most
Brandon L. Wright 1.19.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Cooke-ing excellence through research
Jennifer Glynn 1.19.2021
NationalFlypaper
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The Education Gadfly Show: Another reason we need to test students in 2021
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 1.14.2021
NationalPodcast
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The civics and history lesson our children need right now
Robert Pondiscio 1.14.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Without tests in 2021, we’ll never know which schools met the Covid-19 challenge
Michael J. Petrilli 1.14.2021
NationalFlypaper