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
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Chester E. Finn, Jr. 2.29.2024
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Study outlier teachers to solve the homework gap
Mike Goldstein 2.29.2024
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ESSER funds are ending. What does this mean for pandemic learning loss?
Elainah Elkins 2.29.2024
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Cheers and Jeers: February 29, 2024
The Education Gadfly 2.29.2024
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#909: Rethinking “equitable” grading, with Adam Tyner and Meredith Coffey
Adam Tyner, Ph.D., Meredith Coffey, Ph.D., Michael J. Petrilli, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., David Griffith 2.28.2024
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Doing educational equity right: The homework gap
Michael J. Petrilli 2.22.2024
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Horace Mann’s solution to political turmoil in education
Daniel Buck 2.22.2024
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Education reform is a bipartisan endeavor
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 2.22.2024
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Gag order? Or gag reflex?: State laws on teacher speech
Robert Pondiscio 2.22.2024
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Why schools are failing to narrow excellence gaps in math
Jeff Murray, Brandon L. Wright 2.21.2024
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On teacher housing, is the juice worth the squeeze?
Meredith Coffey, Ph.D. 2.15.2024
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