I'm getting around to this a bit earlier than usual in December: what were the big education stories of 2010? Nominate your picks in comments! Comments will close on the 23rd, and I'll describe my picks in the last week of the year.
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Not to be horribly local, but the implosion of the NJDOE’s leadership over the failed bid for “Race the to Top” funding. Not only has Schundler been shown the door (in August), but Christie has been shown to be an opportunistic liar (*DUH*), while 5 out of 6 Assistant Commissioner positions are now empty.
In NJ, there is no state when it comes to Educational Policy. When it comes to the Politics of Education, however….fire up the popcorn maker.
It’s more an amalgam of related stories, but school bullying, and particularly “cyber-bullying,” has been a huge media obsession this year.
Also, the release of individual teacher value-added data in New York and California, though very recent, might rank up there, perhaps as part of the idea that accountability rhetoric is surging again (along with the familiar policy proposals for quick fixes and scapegoating of teachers).