For-profits: Aid or vice in public education?
Critics often accuse school reformers of “privatizing” public education. When for-profits enter the conversation, those same critics level more serious charges and often accuse those […]
Critics often accuse school reformers of “privatizing” public education. When for-profits enter the conversation, those same critics level more serious charges and often accuse those […]
Aug 1, 2013
Jeff Wheeler, an intern at the Clayton Christensen Institute, and I coauthored this piece. If you’ve visited a Walgreens recently you may have noticed something […]
Aug 1, 2013
This volume takes stock of the debate, neither demonizing nor celebrating the for-profit sector, to understand what it takes for for-profits to promote quality and cost effectiveness at scale.
Aug 1, 2013
On July 24th, the House Education and Workforce Committee approved a bill (26-13) called the Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act. Introduced by Congresswoman […]
July 31, 2013
As frequent readers of the blog may have noticed, many of our recent posts are based on health care applications of Disruptive Innovation theory pioneered […]
July 29, 2013
I’ve written a few times (here and here, for example) about the great work that the Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) is doing to help schools push the design […]
July 26, 2013
Michael Horn comments on San Jose State University's poor preliminary data two semesters into its experiment with MOOCs on American Public Media's Marketplace.
July 24, 2013
Michael Horn participates in a panel discussion with John Bailey (Digital Learning Now), Frederick M. Hess (AEI), and Andrew P. Kelly (AEI) about how policymakers can create an environment where the power of for-profit i...
July 24, 2013