Education is a large subject area with numerous topics that can be written about. However, it can also be a difficult area in which to get started because of the overwhelming topic options. The best way to begin is in narrowing down your topic. In the topic of education, you could narrow it down by considering what area of education you wish to focus on and from what perspective. For instance, you could focus on preschool, elementary school, middle school, high school, undergraduate, graduate, or doctorate level education. There are also different perspectives that you can use to write about the educational field; for instance, you could write from the perspective of a student, a parent, or an educator. Each one of these different perspectives offers a different viewpoint that could attract a different audience. In narrowing your topic by focus and perspective, you can carve out a specific niche for yourself in the education field.

Popular Topics

The most popular topics are generally those that offer different arguments and have multiple sides to the argument. People often find themselves attracted to argumentative topics because it offers them the chance to form their own opinion, argue their own view (if you have a comments section), and educate themselves further on the issue from different viewpoints. Locating these argumentative topics can be both extremely easy and difficult, depending on how aware you are of your area of focus. For example, if you are an elementary school teacher, then finding topics that have multiple sides to them might be very easy, but if you are a parent writing about preschool education, then you might find yourself limited to what your child’s teacher tells you and what your child tells you. One of the best ways to get around this dilemma is Google Trends, as it will allow you to search for popular educational topics that are trending.

All Time Favorites

While there are always new topics and arguments in education, there are also many topics that will almost always be popular. These topics can generally be found through Google, gossip, news, social media, and common sense. Here are five arguments that people are almost always interested in pursuing as to their effect on education.

1. What should the cell phone policy be in school? Should it be dictated by the school district, parents, state government, and/or federal government? What should happen if a child breaks the cell phone policy and does it matter if the child had parental permission to break the policy?

2. Should grading be based on effort, ability, or results? If so, at what level should it change to only the end result being graded? Should this policy of grading be different for students with special needs?

3. How should schools approach religious holidays? Should they be allowed to be mentioned by the teacher and, if yes, should the teacher be allowed to further explain the holidays? If no, what should the school policy be if a student asks about a religious holiday?

4. Should schools switch to year-round schooling? Would it benefit the students educationally and/or socially? Would the school breaks happen more often or remain the same? Would it decrease the level of homework students received?

5. How should special education be handled? Should there be special needs classrooms or should students just receive extra help in a normal environment? Do special needs classrooms decrease a student’s ability to receive social interaction with their peers?