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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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Want to make your college degree count? Here’s where to live.
Tyler Ransom 6.11.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Florida’s new math and English standards aren’t ready for prime time
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Michael J. Petrilli 6.10.2020
NationalFlypaper
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If a spike in Covid-19 cases does not follow the mass demonstrations, it should change the calculus for reopening schools
Dale Chu 6.10.2020
NationalFlypaper
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In the era of Covid-19, put learning first—and other lessons
Kerri Briggs, Trent Kaufman, Mavis Snelson 6.10.2020
NationalFlypaper
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The Education Gadfly Show: School districts failed the remote learning test
Michael J. Petrilli, Robin J. Lake, David Griffith, Olivia Piontek 6.10.2020
NationalPodcast
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The State of the Sunshine State's Standards: The Florida B.E.S.T. Edition
Solomon Friedberg, Tim Shanahan, Francis Fennell, Douglas Fisher, Roger Howe 6.9.2020
NationalReport
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What is the value of a bachelor’s degree? The answer depends on where you live and what you do.
Jeff Strohl 6.5.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Teachers, consider superintendency. You could transform even more student lives.
Tran Le 6.5.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Where justice, education, and faith intersect
Stephanie Saroki de Garcia 6.4.2020
NationalFlypaper
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With his remarks on the murder of George Floyd, Joe Biden showed us how to teach empathy and American history
Michael J. Petrilli 6.3.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Scrapping admissions tests won’t cure what ails education
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 6.3.2020
NationalFlypaper