Best of 2012: The Five Most Extraordinary Things to Happen in Education
- Nikhil Goyal wrote in Education

It’s been quite an incredible year in the education space. While we’ve witnessed a surge in the number of politicians with no education experience make decisions on how schools should run and a wider adoption of nonsensical ideas like the “flipped classroom” and value-added teacher evaluations, there have been some memorable, equation-changing events and initiatives that have emerged.

So, let’s highlight five of the most extraordinary things that happened in education in 2012:

1. The Students Speak Out
2. Alternatives to Higher Education
3. Caine’s Arcade
4. Chicago Teachers Strike
5. Massively Open Online Courses—MOOCs

Continue reading on good.is

Illustration by Corinna Loo