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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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Fordham’s ten most-read articles of 2020
Tran Le 12.21.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Five critical priorities to transform education in response to Covid-19
Lance Hostetter 12.21.2020
NationalFlypaper
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The effects of social-emotional development on academic achievement
Olivia Piontek 12.17.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Ending a tough semester on a positive note
Dale Chu 12.17.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Vaccine-making’s lessons for high-dosage tutoring: How to move forward
Mike Goldstein, Bowen Paulle 12.14.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Vaccine-making’s lessons for high-dosage tutoring: A respectful disagreement about research
Mike Goldstein, Bowen Paulle 12.11.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Vaccine-making’s lessons for high-dosage tutoring: Cells constantly create “new problems”
Mike Goldstein, Bowen Paulle 12.10.2020
NationalFlypaper
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U.S. students continue to fall short of too many international peers
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 12.10.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Reading comprehension is not a “skill”
Robert Pondiscio 12.10.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Reading and math outcomes during Covid-19
Jessica Poiner 12.10.2020
NationalFlypaper
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What we're reading this week: December 10
The Education Gadfly 12.9.2020
NationalFlypaper