When partnering with outside consultants to turn around a school, schools districts must consider how the work is setting schools up for long-term success.

In an event co-hosted by AEI and the Center for American Progress, Rick Hess and Raegan Miller will discuss their views on what particular changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will allow it to fulfill its aims without causing educators and local officials legal headaches.

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Education leaders often act lazily, blaming union contracts and federal regulation rather than confronting the problems they have the capacity to solve.

The purpose of this paper is to explore the ways in which the supplement-notsupplant requirement works against the goals of Title I and to offer suggestions for alternatives that better promote the responsible use of Title I funds.

With the Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization looming and Washington’s eyes focused on school turnarounds and the Common Core State Standards, we must listen to the voices of dynamic leaders tackling the challenge of high-quality literacy instruction in the nation’s school districts.

How do supplemental educationonial services impact student achievement and what makes SES effective or why does it fails?