IEN will be taking a break over New Year’s returning with our first stories of the year on January 9th. In the meantime, please revisit some of our most viewed stories of the year and have a restful, peaceful, and healthy New Year!
Scanning the headlines for results from OECD’s Education at a Glance: October 2022 Edition
Following last week’s scan of education stories that look back at 2021, this week, Thomas Hatch pulls together some of the articles that make predictions for education in 2022.
Echoing the hope and despair in the stories reflecting on 2021, many of the predictions for education in 2022 highlight continuing concerns about learning loss, stress and anxiety, as well as hopes for addressing student engagement, well-being, and climate change. Thomas Arnett captured the conflicting sentiments, writing:
In most places, fighting the current fires in conventional schools will suck up most of the oxygen in the room. Nonetheless, my hope for 2022 is that among the roughly 13,000 school systems in our country, there will be a substantial subset that launch new versions of schooling that five to ten years from now will prove that they offer exactly what many students need. — From How will 2022 reshape K-12 education?
The US & Around the World
61 predictions about edtech, equity, and learning in 2022, World News Era
Top education predictions for 2022: ‘Need for trained teachers to increase’, say experts, India Today
8 K-12 trends to watch in 2022: Fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing policy pingpong, curricular controversy and more are set to impact schools this year, K-12 Dive
3 Big Education Wishes for 2022 (focusing on personalization, grace, and renewing the Every Student Succeeds Act), Michael Horn & Diane Tavener, Class Disrupted (podcast)
What’s in store for K-12 schools in 2022?
Could we see a mass exodus of teachers fed up with educating through a pandemic? How might two years of learning in a pandemic impact test scores? Will Universal Pre-K ever become a reality? —
What’s in store for K-12 schools in 2022? Class Dismissed
9 mostly pessimistic 2022 education predictions for 2022 – From a teacher, Larry Ferlazzo, Answer Sheet (Washington Post)
4 educator trends going into 2022, Abbas Manjee, SmartBrief
Five 2021 education stories that will continue to matter in 2022, Yasmine Askari, MinnPost
Education Technology
13 Predictions for K–12 and Technology in 2022, THEJournal
Five Ed Tech Trends To Look Out For In 2022, Nick Morrison, Forbes
[W]hile some districts are still spending stimulus money just to spend it instead of taking the time to research and evaluate their options, most have a better understanding of technology than they did before COVID-19 struck and are demanding information about the tools students use.
Pandemic Gave Teachers New Insight into Ed Tech, Tim Newcomb, The74
Special Education
Two key predictions around special education for 2022, The Hill
Higher Education
7 higher education trends to watch in 2022, Higher Ed Dive
US Education Policy
What education policy experts are watching for in 2022, Brookings
Albany 101: Here are the big NYC education issues to watch in the new legislative session, Chalkbeat
California education issues to watch in 2022 — and predictions of what will happen, EdSource
Posted in About K-12 International Education News
Tagged Educational Policy, Predictions, Year in Review
This week, Thomas Hatch pulls together some of the blog posts and news stories that look back at 2021. Next week: A roundup of predictions for 2022.
Schools Week in the UK summed up what many may have been feeling, declaring “The year a return to normal only got further away” while US News & World Report looked for a silver lining, exploring “How 2021 set the the stage for a seismic overhaul of education.” For my own part, I tried to both look back and look ahead in a commentary for the Journal of Educational Change on what can change in schools (“We will now resume our regular programming”):
“What if this is a moment when we can re-imagine education?” But “What if it isn’t? What if, despite the changes wrought by the pandemic, the conditions that sustain conventional schooling remain in place?”
Here, in no particular order, are a few more headlines from the “reviews” of 2021 from some of our regular sources.
Around the World
From learning recovery to the futures of education, UNESCO
Grave violations of children’s rights in conflict on the rise around the world, UNICEF
Meet Gen Covid: Growing up under the shadow of Covid-19, the young in Asia talk about loss, gain and hope, Straits Times
2021 in education: a year in review (UK), Twinkl Digest
The year a return to normal only got further away (UK), Schools Week
2021 in Review, FreshEd Podcast (Will Brehm with Susan Robertson & Mario Novelli)
In the US
Education in 2021: 10 Photos That Capture a Chaotic Year, Education Week
2021 in pictures: Images that captured the tragedy and resilience that marked 2021, Hechinger Report
16 charts that changed the way we looked at America’s schools in 2021, The 74
Education data legislation review 2021: State activity, Data Quality Campaign
Top 2021 education legislative trends, Education Commission of the States
Survival Mode: Educators Reflect on a Tough 2021 and Brace for the Future, EdSurge
After A Year Of Uncertainty, College Presidents Reflect On COVID-19’s Impact, EdSurge
2021 education year in review, The Report Card with Nat Malkus (in conversation with and Erica Green, Laura Meckler, and Eesha Pendharkar)
Proof Points 2021 Year in Review: A reading mystery, test-optional admissions and the problem with small classes, Hechinger Report
Philanthropy Awards, 2021, Inside Philanthropy
Posted in About K-12 International Education News
Tagged education, Educational Policy, Year in Review
Annually, in January, IEN scans the headlines from our regular sources for reviews of the previous year and predictions for the future (see Rounding up the issues of 2019 and the 2010’s – Part 1 & Part 2 and New year, new predictions?). But, after an incredibly unpredictable 2020, many of the stories we encountered focused on trying to make sense of what happened last year. Below, we’ve rounded up the reviews of 2020 we’ve come across so far. Next week, we will share a collection of articles looking at what policy changes the Biden administration and the nominee for Secretary of Education might bring to schools in the US in 2021.
Global education
2020: A year of turmoil but also hope in education, Emiliana Vegas & Rebecca Winthrop, Brookings
The Education Year in Review: Five Big *Non-COVID* Stories of 2020, Maryam Akmal, Shelby Carvalho, Susannah Hares and Alexis Le Nestour, Center for Global Development.
Education in the US
What Education Looked Like in 2020, Jaclyn Borowski, Education Week
10 of the most popular stories about education research in 2020, Jill Barshay Hechinger Report
The 11 Most Popular Classroom Q&A Posts of the Year, Larry Ferlazzo Education Week
Best Education Articles of 2020: Our 20 Most Popular Stories About Students, Remote Schooling & COVID Learning Loss This Year, Steve Snyder the74
2020 Vision: Reflections on Hope and Learning in a Most Challenging Year, EdSurge
16 Charts that Changed the Way We Thought About America’s Schools This Year, Kevin Mahnken, the74
The Teaching Profession in 2020 (in Charts) , Madeline Will, Education Week
2020 Vision: Reflections on Hope and Learning in a Most Challenging Year, Edsurge
2020 LookBook Remake Learning (a network in the Greater Pittsburgh area that supports coordination, collective impact and innovation in education)
Edtech, Edbusiness, & “Innovation”
Education Technology in 2020: 8 Takeaways From a Chaotic Year, Mark Lieberman, Education Week
10 Stories That Mattered in the K-12 Market in 2020, Sean Cavanagh, Education Week,
Crises and Capital: The Top Edtech Business Stories of 2020, Tony Wan, EdSurge
2020: The Year Of the Edtech Paradox,Isabelle Hau, EdSurge
From Blue Light Glasses & Noise-Canceling Earphones to Tablets & Masks for Kids, a New World of Student Technology in the Age of COVID, Tim Newcomb, the74
The Second Year of The MOOC: A Review of MOOC Stats and Trends in 2020, Dhawal Shah, Class Central
2020 Roundup: What We Learned From #Innovators Creating Prosperity, Efosa Ojomo, Christensen Institute
Education Journalism
The 14 most memorable pieces of education journalism of 2020, Alexander Russo, Kappan
EdSurge Reflects On a Year of Pandemic-Era Education Journalism, Jeffrey R. Young, Rebecca Koenig & Tony Wan, EdSurge
Philanthropy
Philanthropy Awards 2020, Inside Philanthropy
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