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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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![Child reading in school](https://cdn.statically.io/img/fordhaminstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-07/jm-7-4-24.jpg?itok=DVtXYoyQ)
Assessing the federal Striving Readers grant program
Jeff Murray 7.4.2024
NationalFlypaper
![Kamala Harris](https://cdn.statically.io/img/fordhaminstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-06/kamalaresized.jpg?itok=auITf9PP)
The Democratic replacement candidates on education
Daniel Buck 6.28.2024
NationalFlypaper
![Louisiana statehouse](https://cdn.statically.io/img/fordhaminstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-06/rp-6-25-24.jpg?itok=DsGzzkLO)
How to improve retention and job satisfaction: “Let Teachers Teach”
Robert Pondiscio 6.27.2024
NationalFlypaper
![Teacher bored in classroom](https://cdn.statically.io/img/fordhaminstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-06/db-6-25-24.jpg?itok=4LhQLGYn)
The latest math fad is another excuse to teach nothing
Daniel Buck 6.27.2024
NationalFlypaper
![Closed school](https://cdn.statically.io/img/fordhaminstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-06/td-6-25-24.jpg?itok=nAyNibjf)
Why were schools closed so long during the pandemic?
Tim Daly 6.27.2024
NationalFlypaper
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#926: What “Young Sheldon” teaches about parenting, with Alina Adams
Alina Adams, Michael J. Petrilli, Adam Tyner, Ph.D., Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 6.26.2024
NationalPodcast
![Welcome to Tennessee](https://cdn.statically.io/img/fordhaminstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-06/6-19-24.jpg?itok=uFXKsqcj)
An analysis of Tennessee’s weighted student funding formula on paper and in practice
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 6.20.2024
NationalFlypaper
![Dollar sign on a chalkboard](https://cdn.statically.io/img/fordhaminstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-06/jm-6-19-24.jpg?itok=Vbki6AeW)
Quantifying the connection between education and economic opportunity
Jeff Murray 6.20.2024
NationalFlypaper
![Young Sheldon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/fordhaminstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-06/aa-6-20-24.png?itok=LzCcEzFQ)
I watched the parenting on “Young Sheldon”—and did the exact opposite
Alina Adams 6.19.2024
NationalFlypaper
![Texas elementary school](https://cdn.statically.io/img/fordhaminstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-06/rp-6-12-24.jpg?itok=LVH-uIdp)
On curriculum and literacy, Texas gets it
Robert Pondiscio 6.13.2024
NationalFlypaper
![Teacher in front of a class of students](https://cdn.statically.io/img/fordhaminstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-06/ml-6-12-24.jpg?itok=J7xPaR5c)
In support of Texas’s plan to include Biblical references in its English curriculum
Matthew Levey 6.13.2024
NationalFlypaper