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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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Creating autonomous schools in traditional districts
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 10.22.2020
NationalFlypaper
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What we're reading this week: October 22
The Education Gadfly 10.21.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Will more social studies instruction improve students’ reading outcomes?
9.2.2024 1:23 pm
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Partisanship and American education
Ashley Rogers Berner 10.15.2020
NationalFlypaper
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The vanishing pre-K advantage
Jeff Murray 10.14.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Denver school board champions Black excellence, except in charter schools
Alan Gottlieb 10.14.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Are we ready to close schools’ windows?
Susan Miller 10.14.2020
NationalFlypaper
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What we're reading this week: October 14
The Education Gadfly 10.14.2020
NationalFlypaper
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A response to Tim Shanahan on “Social Studies Instruction and Reading Comprehension”
Adam Tyner, Ph.D. 10.9.2020
NationalFlypaper
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What we're reading this week: October 7
The Education Gadfly 10.7.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Equity and unintended consequences in the Washington suburbs
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 10.7.2020
NationalFlypaper