This week, Thomas Hatch pulls together IEN’s annual collection of articles that look into the future of schools and education. Last week’s post featured articles reviewing key stories and developments from 2022 and you can also revisit posts looking back on previous years (2021, 2020, 2019 part 1, 2019 part 2) and looking to the future (2022, 2021 part 1, 2021 part 2, 2020).
2023 already seems to be shaping up to be the year of CHAT-GPT and AI in education so it is perhaps not a surprise that many forward-looking articles focus on educational technology, but some efforts are also attempting to anticipate the future for business, financing and philanthropy in education. Readers can also explore a few articles that anticipate key issues that will be on the agenda in a specific region (Ireland, California, Ohio), and you can even look to see whether the National Center for Education Statistics predictions for 2023 (made in 2016) have come true. Although the predictions in the articles overall suggest some reasons to be hopeful, the challenging economic conditions and a looming financial cliff in the US stemming from the influx of funding to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic indicate some significant problems ahead. For other perspectives on the future, on January 25th, Getting Smart will be holding its annual “What’s Next in Learning?” town hall to explore innovations “driving the most equitable and scalable changes in education.”
With ChatGPT, Education May Never Be the Same, AEI
The Future of the High School Essay: We Talk to 4 Teachers, 2 Experts and 1 AI Chatbot, The 74
Imagining What Comes Next: Schools Must Embrace the Looming Disruption of ChatGPT, The 74
How AI will change Education, Transcend Newsletter
4 K–12 Tech Trends to Follow in 2023, EdTech
“The biggest trends have an eye on physical security, virtual reality and a clear transition away from the front of the classroom as the focus.”
37 predictions about edtech’s impact in 2023, eSchool News
Discover the Top Hurdles, Accelerators and Tech Enablers Driving K-12 Innovation in 2023, COSN
“The three most important hurdles for education in 2023 will be attracting and retaining educators and IT professionals, designing effective digital ecosystems and digital equity.”
2023 State of Edtech Fundraising, Transcend Newsletter
6 Essential Predictions for the Education Market in 2023, EdWeek Market Brief
The public finance outlook for 2023: Prepare to slog, Governing
“Disinflation and economic deceleration will dominate state and local budgets and investments. Cash is king, at least for a while. Payroll costs will outrace revenues. It’s going to be a year for muddling through.“
Educators, buckle up: A bumpy economic ride lies ahead, District Administrator
“We’re actually calling 2024-25 ‘the bloodletting’… Public education has not seen this sort of right-sizing, fiscal cliff, whatever you want to call it, of this magnitude at any time, including the last recession”—Marguerite Roza quoted in District Administrator
Philanthropy Trend Watch: A Few Ways the Sector Is Changing for the Better — and the Worse, Inside Philanthropy
Steal These Resolutions: 7 Experts Share How Schools Can Tackle Climate Change in 2023, Education Week
What’s next? Our predictions on the issues to dominate education in 2023, The Irish Times
California education issues to watch in 2023 — and predictions of what might happen, EdSource
Five predictions for Ohio education in 2023, Fordham Institute
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