Maria Ferguson suggests that implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act, school choice, and career technical education will dominate the conversation about education policy in 2018. On the other hand, school funding inequities, as discussed at length in a recent report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, deserve more attention than they are likely to receive.
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (2018). Public education funding inequity in an era of increasing concentration of poverty and resegregation. Washington, DC: Author. www.usccr.gov/pubs/2018-01-10-Education-Inequity.pdf