https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/27/us/cheating-scandals-charters-and-falling-test-scores-5-takeaways-from-the-year-in-education.html?fbclid=IwAR22ylJH3gNPfSOmr9LKEzDHdLR8gmq4uFwF1VAvCDKxx46GmQ8yKJB9jbk

five of the biggest education stories of the year

1. Stagnant Student Performance and Widening Achievement Gaps
   a vociferous debate over what to blame, from subpar reading instruction to poverty to uneven implementation of the Common Core

2. A Crisis in Elite College Admissions

3. Declining Trust in Higher Education
   a survey from the Pew Research Center found that 59 percent of Republicans and those who lean Republican believe colleges have a negative effect on the country.
   Betsy DeVos, continued to draw criticism for rolling back oversight of for-profit colleges and weakening protections for bilked students.

4. The Democratic Party Backed Away From Charter Schools
   Charters in cities like New York and Boston have shown promising achievement gains. But the sector has come under increasing fire on the left for harsh discipline practices, contributing to school segregation and serving fewer students with special needs. Teachers unions tend to oppose the schools’ expansion, since most of them are not unionized.

5. Democrats Continue to Debate School Segregation
   school segregation remains a defining feature of the American education system today,

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