Outlook 2014: What's Ahead for Education This Year

Education institutions will confront familiar facility problems in the coming year.

Numerous topics and concerns are likely to confront educators and administrators in 2014, but the outlook for schools and universities for the coming year could be summed up in a simple headline seen on the Internet: “Serious issues ahead, major changes unlikely.”

Educating millions of students is a serious business, and the decisions school districts and higher-education institutions make as they navigate through a world of more intense scrutiny, increased expectations and reduced resources will go a long way in determining whether those students become productive and successful members of society.

But because of the sheer size of the U.S. education system, changes happen slowly, even when everyone agrees that the old ways of doing things are falling short. And because of the cyclical, year-to-year nature of the system, education institutions will inevitably see the same issues every year.

So, a look at what is ahead for education in 2014 is going to be dominated by many of the subjects that schools and universities have been grappling with for years... read more

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