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Education-Related Predictions For 2012

I recently posted The Best (and Worst) Education News of 2011, and thought I’d take a stab at some prognostication for 2012.

I think I batted close to 50% in last year’s predictions — that can’t be that much worse than those made by professional pundits.

Feel free to add your own predictions in the comments section — and don’t hesitate to include “wishful thinking!”

Here are my Education-Related Predictions For 2012:

1. Proponents of what is typically called “school reform” — expansion of charter schools and teacher merit pay, primarily evaluating teachers by student test scores, erosion of seniority rights — will emphasize expanding their