What's Ahead for Education in 2014

The last several years in education have been filled with turmoil: cheating scandals, debates and protests over curriculum and testing, big changes in the way students are taught. The new year offers brings more changes—but also an opportunity to find solutions to old problems and reach common ground on the divisions of the past. Here's a look at some of the big questions in education for 2014.

Cheating scandals have plagued every level of education in recent years. There were the students who cheated on their government final. And there were the Atlanta Public School teachers who on their students’ high-stakes tests. And the potential for another high-profile scandal remains high: 10 percent of this fall’s Harvard freshman to having cheated on an exam in high school; 42 percent said they’d cheated on homework or a problem set.