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
Texas’s shale boom boosted local tax bases. Here’s how it affected schools.
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 10.16.2019
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Fewer Children Left Behind: Lessons From the Dramatic Achievement Gains of the 1990s and 2000s
Michael J. Petrilli 10.15.2019
NationalPolicy Brief
Announcing Wonkathon 2019: What’s the best way to help students who are several grade levels behind?
The Education Gadfly 10.14.2019
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Everything we know about teacher effectiveness
Andrew Scanlan 10.11.2019
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No witch left behind
Dale Chu 10.9.2019
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Does access to advanced high school math and science courses boost college STEM outcomes?
Tran Le 10.9.2019
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Advanced Placement, giftedness, and Hispanic student success
Pedro Enamorado 10.9.2019
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The Education Gadfly Show: Research Deep Dive: Everything we know about effective teachers
Michael J. Petrilli, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., David Griffith, Dan Goldhaber 10.9.2019
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A Moonshot for Kids
11.2.2024 8:26 am
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Restorative justice gone wrong: One mother’s horror story
Julia Carlson 10.4.2019
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The metric that matters most: Ask kids, “Are you in?”
Robert Pondiscio 10.2.2019
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