Every Student Succeeds Act
A recent national study found that many schools with low achievement were at the same time producing average or better growth. Conversely, student growth in schools with few disadvantaged students varied widely,
Most lessons learned during the Bush-Obama years are as relevant to state education reforms as to their federal counterparts.
Pushing schools to use evidence poses a real risk that school leaders will feel pressure to choose approaches that have been easier to evaluate, rather than those that are the most central to improving educational practice.
Texas districts can use Title I resources to start new schools rather than just work to turn around low-performing ones.
The scrutiny given to the documents states drafted to comply with the Every Student Succeeds Act may be pulling us further away from responsible accountability systems and public leadership.
