The Top 10 Education Next Blog Entries of 2015

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UPDATE: Check out our Top 10 Blogs of 2016 here.

Each year we publish a list of the most popular entries on the Education Next blog. There’s usually a surprise or two and the 2015 list is no exception.

Everyone expects blog entries about the Common Core to be popular, and a list of the Top Education Tweeters is bound to get a lot of clicks, but the unexpected runaway hit of 2015 for the Education Next blog was a post that Leslie Kan of Bellwether Education Partners wrote explaining why teachers in some states do not receive Social Security benefits. In addition to sharing the piece with thousands of their friends and colleagues, dozens of teachers have left comments describing the hardships they have experienced by being excluded from Social Security by decisions their states have made.

Here’s the complete list of Top Ed Next Blog Entries of 2015.

1.		Why Aren’t All Teachers Covered By Social Security? By Leslie Kan 12/26/2014
2.		Common Core and Classroom Instruction: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly By Tom Loveless 05/19/2015
3.		Top K-12 Education Policy People on Social Media 2015 By Michael J. Petrilli 08/26/2015
4.		“Deans for Impact” Group Aims to Reform Ed Schools From Within By Robert Pondiscio and Kate Stringer 10/12/2015
5.		America’s Millennials: Overeducated and Unprepared By Robert Pondiscio 03/02/2015
6.		Top K-12 Education Policy Organizations and Media Outlets on Social Media 2015 By Michael J. Petrilli 08/28/2015
7.		Public Supports Testing, Opposes Opt-Out, Opposes Federal Intervention By Paul E. Peterson and Martin R. West 07/28/2015
8.		Common Core’s First Breakout Hit? By Robert Pondiscio 06/10/2015
9.		The Great Achievements of the Every Child Achieves Act By Andy Smarick 04/15/2015
10.		Memo to Teachers’ Unions: Now Might Be a Good Time to Start Panicking By Joshua Dunn 02/25/2015