Time to rethink the curriculum adoption process
On a typical evening from 1993 to 1994, I took the elevator to the VIP lounge atop the Sacramento Hyatt for happy hour with fellow […]
On a typical evening from 1993 to 1994, I took the elevator to the VIP lounge atop the Sacramento Hyatt for happy hour with fellow […]
May 12, 2010
PHILADELPHIA, May 6 /PRNewswire/ — On May 11, in conjunction with its Spring edition launch, the Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal will bring educational innovators from […]
May 9, 2010
Paul Peterson has a piece up on the Education Next site titled, “Three New Books on Virtual Education: Competitors or Complements?” His ultimate conclusion? They […]
May 7, 2010
In Sunday’s New York Times, Trip Gabriel reports that the standardized test scores of charter schools are widely variable, with some schools soaring above traditional […]
May 5, 2010
I had an interesting discussion with Jose Ferreira, the founder of Knewton, a couple weeks ago after a panel that I moderated and on which […]
Apr 29, 2010
TheSunshineStateNews — April 16, 2010 — Michael Horn, cofounder and executive director of Innosight Institute, and adjunct scholar at the James Madison Institute speaks on innovative education programs in Florida
Apr 26, 2010
I was in Tallahassee, Florida’s capital, last week on the day that Governor Charlie Crist vetoed what is known somewhat famously—or infamously—as Senate Bill 6. […]
Apr 23, 2010
Last week I wrote about Innosight Institute Education Research Fellow Katherine Mackey’s case study on Wichita Public Schools and some things that jumped out at […]
Apr 16, 2010
According to a recent survey from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences, a third of the districts that run alternative schools and […]
Apr 13, 2010
Full-time virtual chartered schools and state virtual schools that offer online supplemental classes to traditional schools led the first wave of growth in K-12 online […]
Apr 8, 2010