
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


Knowledge at the Core: Don Hirsch, Core Knowledge, and the Future of the Common Core
1.22.2014
NationalReport

Staying the Course
1.22.2014
NationalBlog

Catholic Schools deserve an authentically Catholic debate about Common Core
Kathleen Porter-Magee 1.17.2014
NationalBlog

The principled opposition to Common Core
1.16.2014
NationalFlypaper

Weekend reading
1.10.2014
NationalFlypaper

What rhymes with 'self-serving'?
The Education Gadfly 1.9.2014
NationalBlog

SIG in Colorado
12.23.2013
NationalFlypaper

ESEA waivers and charter school authorizing
12.19.2013
NationalBlog

Greater than gaffes: Arne Duncan’s impediments to Common Core implementation (Transitioning to the Common Core, part 4)
Victoria McDougald 12.19.2013
NationalBlog

Ohio's value-added model of growth is not the only game in town
Aaron Churchill 12.18.2013
NationalBlog

Looking ahead: Top 5 education stories for 2014
Chad L. Aldis 12.18.2013
NationalBlog