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
School districts could try harder to reopen
Dale Chu 7.29.2020
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With its next stimulus bill, Congress should return federal education aid to its roots
Michael J. Petrilli 7.29.2020
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No easy choices except to be kind (and butt out!)
Erika Sanzi 7.27.2020
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The “gifted gap” was already growing before the pandemic
Chris Yaluma 7.24.2020
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How states have responded to school finance reforms
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 7.22.2020
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Federal relief funding should be used to help schools reopen
Aaron Churchill 7.22.2020
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Tutoring as an effective strategy in our troubled times
Robert Slavin, David Steiner 7.22.2020
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Will NAEP wreck its reading assessment?
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 7.22.2020
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The upcoming experiment with class size reduction
Dale Chu 7.15.2020
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Dueling Florida standards reviews
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 7.14.2020
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Pity the history teachers
Michael J. Petrilli 7.8.2020
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