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
Does helicopter parenting help or cause harm?
Jeff Murray 12.11.2019
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The Supplemental Curriculum Bazaar: Is What's Online Any Good?
Morgan Polikoff, Jennifer Dean 12.10.2019
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Why China’s PISA scores are hard to believe
Tom Loveless 12.6.2019
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PISA 2018: Leaning into the economic headwinds
Michael J. Petrilli 12.4.2019
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The Houston Federation of Teachers plays the Trump card
Dale Chu 12.4.2019
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Mississippi rising? A partial explanation for its NAEP improvement is that it holds students back
Todd Collins 12.4.2019
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The different ways schools go about character development
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 12.4.2019
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The Education Gadfly Show: The effects of early college programs
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Kristina Zeiser 12.4.2019
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Montgomery County, Maryland, talks a good game on “equity.” Now it has a chance to walk it, too.
Michael J. Petrilli 11.26.2019
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Time to press “pause” on credit recovery
Adam Tyner, Ph.D. 11.26.2019
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A simple, low-cost way to improve the student teaching experience
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 11.26.2019
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