The best — and worst — education news of 2018
Every December veteran educator Larry Ferlazzo looks at the year in education news and makes his list of what he thinks the best — and the worst — of it was.
Of course it is subjective, and if you disagree with him, tell him (nicely) in the comments.
Ferlazzo is a teacher of English and social studies at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento He has written numerous books on education, writes a teacher advice blog for Education Week Teacher and has his own popular resource-sharing blog.
See whether you agree with his assessment. You can find links to his lists from past years at the bottom of this post.
By Larry Ferlazzo
As usual, I don’t presume to say this compilation all-encompassing, so I hope you’ll take time to share your own choices. I’ll list the ones I think are the best first, followed by the worst. It’s too hard to rank them within those categories, so I’m not listing them in any order.
The Best Education News Of 2018
* The November elections brought lots of good news:
- The new Democratic majority in the House might be able to hold Betsy DeVos more accountable.
- Three additional states voted for Medicaid expansion, which should help huge numbers of kids and their families (research has already shown the positive impact on students when they have health insurance).
- Dozens of teachers won elections across the United States, including 2016 National Teacher of the Year Jahana Hayes (who became the first African American congresswoman from Connecticut).
- Tony Thurmond defeated Marshall Tuck and his millions of dollars from charter-school backers to become state superintendent of Public Instruction here in California.
It wasn’t all good news, and some school funding measures lost, but — overall — it was a Continue reading: The best — and worst — education news of 2018 - The Washington Post
