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
What happens to English learners’ academic achievement when they’re reclassified as English proficient?
Melissa Gutwein 2.25.2021
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What we're reading this week: February 25, 2021
The Education Gadfly 2.25.2021
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Gen Z and Millennials are bullish on their futures and critical about today’s schools
Bruno V. Manno 2.23.2021
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Biden’s soft touch might be the only hope for schools in blue districts to reopen
Michael J. Petrilli 2.18.2021
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Teacher unions are the only ones being coldly rational about reopening schools
Dale Chu 2.18.2021
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Power to the people? Part I
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 2.18.2021
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Are classroom instructional materials meeting the needs of English learners?
Julie Fitz 2.18.2021
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What we're reading this week: February 18, 2021
The Education Gadfly 2.18.2021
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The Education Gadfly Show: More parents now admit that their kids have fallen behind academically. Can that awareness power a new wave of reform?
Michael J. Petrilli, Bibb Hubbard, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 2.18.2021
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How schools should spend federal Covid-19 aid
Brandon L. Wright 2.12.2021
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Massive student loan forgiveness would be a lost opportunity to help needy Americans
Michael J. Petrilli 2.11.2021
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