To look back on some of the key education issues and stories from 2023, Thomas Hatch shares IEN’s annual roundup of the end-of-the-year headlines from many of the sources on education news and research that we follow. For comparison, take a look at IEN’s scans of the headlines looking back in 2021, 2020, 2019 part 1, and 2019 part 2. The next post will look to 2024 by pulling together some of the education predictions for the coming year.
Reviews of education stories in 2023 highlighted:
- The continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on student achievement, student absences, teacher shortages, and other aspects of student and teachers’ health and well-being
- Pandemic recovery initiatives and concerns about a “fiscal cliff” that may cut off funding for those initiatives.
- Developments in education technology and particularly the potential impact of artificial intelligence following the launch of ChatGPT in 2022
- Advocacy for the “science of reading” and foundational learning in literacy and numeracy
- Persistent concerns including inadequate education funding, inequities in educational performance and opportunities, and the challenges of innovation in assessment and instruction.
Our Top Photos of the Year, Education Week
Key issues and trends
Funding, free school meals, education choice and student loan debt were among the policy topics lawmakers tackled in this year’s legislative sessions
The Top 10 Education Trends for 2023, National Conference of State Legislators
an unusual early childhood experiment up close; wrestling with large datasets to better understand education trends; getting over a fear of math to cover efforts to revolutionize the teaching of calculus; and, yes, talks with professors struggling with adjusting teaching to the presence of AI chatbots
Looking back on the biggest education trends of 2023, EdSurge
The 7 most memorable education stories of 2023, The Grade
from what AI can (and can’t) do to the neuroscience of brain synchrony
17 Articles About Students & Schools We Wish We Had Published in 2023, The74
The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2023, Edutopia
10 Education Studies You Should Know From 2023: new insights on social media, ChatGPT, math, and other topics, Education Week
These are some of the education questions Chalkbeat answered through data in 2023, Chalkbeat
Six Problems Philanthropy Barely Tried to Solve in 2023, Inside Philanthropy
2023 in education charts!
14 Charts that Changed the Way We Looked at America’s Schools in 2023, The74
The Teaching Profession in 2023 (in Charts), Education Week
Global and local reviews
Our top 5 education result stories of 2023, Global Partnership for Education
“changes range from advanced technical programs to revamped school initiatives and innovative examination methods”
Year in review: Five Key Changes In The Education Sector In Rwanda in 2023 , The New Times
“The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced significant changes in 2023, including updated marking-schemes and increased number of exams that candidates can take.”
5 Important Changes Announced By The Central Board Of Secondary Education In India This Year, The Times of India
The top education issues in Massachusetts that captured our attention in 2023, WBUR
New Leaders, COVID Spending, Bus Troubles: 6 Chalkbeat Chicago Stories That Defined 2023, Chalkbeat Chicago
Chronic absenteeism, Democratic control, a fiscal cliff: These were Michigan’s big education themes of 2023, Chalkbeat Detroit
Ohio’s sluggish pandemic recovery in 2023 as seen through six charts, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
— Thomas Hatch
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