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
Little learners need better curriculum
Michael J. Petrilli 12.12.2013
NationalFlypaper
Proceeding with caution (Transitioning to the Common Core, part 2)
Victoria McDougald 12.12.2013
NationalBlog
The efforts of hardworking teachers: the Common Core’s best kept secret
Jeff Murray 12.11.2013
NationalBlog
Common Core and Reading: Which one of these things is not like the other?
Kathleen Porter-Magee 12.10.2013
NationalBlog
The accountability moratorium is here (Transitioning to the Common Core, part 1)
Victoria McDougald 12.10.2013
NationalBlog
Fewer, Clearer, Higher: How the Common Core State Standards Can Change Classroom Practice
Melissa Reynolds 12.5.2013
NationalBlog
Observations from the front line: Ohio debates the Common Core
Chad L. Aldis 12.4.2013
NationalBlog
How bad are the Common Core lessons on the Gettysburg Address?
Tim Shanahan 12.3.2013
NationalBlog
Why and how parents choose schools
11.27.2013
NationalFlypaper
Financing the Education of High-Need Students
Matt Richmond, Daniela Fairchild 11.24.2013
NationalReport
Meanwhile, in ACTUAL federal-overreach news...
11.22.2013
NationalFlypaper