Education Week Lists its Top Debates for the Last Decade

If you want to read Education Week’s selection of the top eleven “policy debates” and “challenging issues” of the last decade, you can link to it here:

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/12/18/2010-to-now-a-turbulent-decade-for.html

2010 to Now: A Turbulent Decade for Schools

By Evie Blad and Andrew Ujifusa

December 18, 2019

 The new year brings to close a decade of stormy education policy debates, challenging issues for the nation’s schools, and the maturing of a new federal education law—the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Between 2010 and 2020, enrollment at U.S. public schools grew more diverse. The public narrative on the teaching profession swung between calls to fire ineffective educators and sympathy for those who must work two jobs to keep up with their bills. And U.S. education secretaries caused controversy like never before. (continue to article)

Here is their list.  Go to the article for a description of each.

1. The Every Student Succeeds Act
2. Betsy DeVos
3. Obama Makes His Mark
4. Common Core and Testing
5. Tumultuous Times for Unions
6. School Shootings and Safety Debates
7. Student Enrollment: Two Tipping Points
8. Pendulum Swing for Civil Rights Enforcement
9. Battles Over School Choice
10. Teacher Activism
11. Bonus: ‘Whole Child’ and SEL

See also:

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