A smarter summer
School is out for summer, and one glance at the bronzed bodies of the little people in my neighborhood in Hawaii leaves no doubt that […]
School is out for summer, and one glance at the bronzed bodies of the little people in my neighborhood in Hawaii leaves no doubt that […]
June 30, 2010
In a conversation with one of the principals featured in a forthcoming Apex Learning case study, the principal noted that males under the age of […]
June 9, 2010
Innosight Institute’s chairman, Gisele Huff, has an op-ed in The Hill’s Congress Blog. In the piece, titled “The new classroom: online education and charter schools,” […]
June 7, 2010
In a recent blog, Michael B. Horn identified how Rethink Autism’s business model bears many of the traits of a disruptive innovation. The new company […]
May 26, 2010
How I love this Freakonomics Radio podcast (click on Episode 1). It compares public schools to a bad radio station, which broadcasts one stream of […]
May 20, 2010
Students on balance need more time for learning. Chester Finn’s recent piece in the Wall Street Journal lays out the basic case around this. Meanwhile, […]
May 13, 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
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