Wonderschool raises $25 million to tackle childcare challenges
Wonderschool's funding will grow its childcare centers and microschools around the country.
Jan 11, 2022
Author: Michael B. Horn
Don’t apply to safety schools for their own sake
There’s a significant downside to enrolling in safety schools that a student isn’t excited about attending.
Dec 22, 2021
Lego models and innovating in K–12 schools
R&D into modular K-12 models could rethink the schooling experience—and help educators’ customize learning.
Dec 15, 2021
Momentum behind learning pods drives $1.5M fundraising round for startup KaiPod
Learning pods that have an institutional structure behind them, rather than being fully parent-run, seem to not only be surviving but thriving.
Nov 17, 2021
The flaw behind today’s outcomes-based data in higher education
If institutions can match their supply-side metrics to what learners are actually trying to accomplish, then they will optimize their operations around the learner’s progress.
Oct 20, 2021
It’s time for a new accountability model for alternative and virtual K–12 schools
Policymakers should design an accountability model that recognizes the unique missions of nontraditional schools and allows parents to compare schools in the alternative education sector.
Sept 1, 2021
For high schools, let’s preserve variant of hybrid learning after COVID
The hybrid approach, flipped learning, can help high schools create a more compelling, engaging, and beneficial experience for students.
Aug 4, 2021
Employers have a simple tool in the war for talent: Stop requiring degrees
Forward-thinking companies aren't just waiving degree requirements, they're leaning into providing education and training themselves to recruit and upskill promising talent.
July 28, 2021
By fall, every child should have an individualized learning plan
Instead of facilitating whole-class lessons this upcoming year, teachers should spend time in small-group lessons with students or tutoring and mentoring them.
July 14, 2021
Has the demise of colleges been greatly exaggerated?
In the midst of strong predictions about looming college failures, what is the field to make of the data so far? Michael B. Horn has four reflections.
May 27, 2021