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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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Suing for peace in education’s culture wars
Michael J. Petrilli 12.3.2020
NationalFlypaper
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NAEP goes AWOL
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 12.3.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Once an ed-reform standard bearer, Denver loses its way
Dale Chu 12.3.2020
NationalFlypaper
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What we're reading this week: December 3
The Education Gadfly 12.2.2020
NationalFlypaper
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More ways to expand classical schools
Sheila Byrd Carmichael 11.25.2020
NationalFlypaper
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How Biden, Pelosi, and McConnell could work together on education
Michael J. Petrilli 11.24.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Will students recover their Covid-19 learning losses?
Tom Coyne 11.24.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Testing, accountability, NAEP, and reading
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 11.23.2020
NationalFlypaper
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The grading lies we tell our students
Steven Birnholz, Eric Frey 11.23.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Can we overcome challenges facing the expansion of classical schools?
Sheila Byrd Carmichael 11.20.2020
NationalFlypaper
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The case for Sonja Santelises as the twelfth U.S. Secretary of Education
Dale Chu 11.19.2020
NationalFlypaper