Class wars
As part of current research projects for the Institute, I have interviewed several school leaders in recent weeks. One conversation strand particularly caught my attention. […]
As part of current research projects for the Institute, I have interviewed several school leaders in recent weeks. One conversation strand particularly caught my attention. […]
Oct 14, 2010
Over the past two years, my research for Innosight Institute has taken me to different parts of the United States to observe how various school […]
Oct 6, 2010
On Friday after school, my kindergartener proudly announced that her teacher had chosen her as the Room H Superkid for first quarter. Of course as […]
Oct 5, 2010
If you haven’t yet seen it, there is a fascinating video of Sal Khan speaking at the Gel 2010 conference. For those who haven’t been […]
Sept 30, 2010
My friend Rick Hess wrote a piece a few weeks back in the National Review Online that caught my eye just before I went on […]
Sept 17, 2010
Education Next published an audio excerpt of me reading from the first edition of Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World […]
Sept 15, 2010
The chorus of twitter about the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools complex that Los Angeles will open next month is not surprising, given its shocking […]
Aug 24, 2010
This week, Pennsylvania’s Sun Gazette reported here that Muncy School District has developed online courses at a cost of “pennies on the dollar” compared to […]
Aug 19, 2010
A few weeks ago, the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education passed a series of misguided regulations that restrict the Massachusetts Legislature’s recent law […]
Aug 13, 2010
“The Case for $320,000 Kindergarten Teachers” has been on the NYT.com top-ten-most-popular list for several days running. In the article, David Leonhardt reports that economists […]
Aug 12, 2010