Arizona’s digital policy imperatives Heather Staker Arizona’s digital policy imperatives On Monday most of Arizona’s district and county superintendents met at ASU SkySong for the Southwest Digital Leadership Summit, put on by the Center for […] Sept 29, 2011 Heather Staker
Education debuts its Y-Combinator: education entrepreneurship, disruption alive and well Michael B. Horn Education debuts its Y-Combinator: education entrepreneurship, disruption alive and well ImagineK12, an incubator modeled after Y Combinator to help education startups “get it right and get funded,” held its first demo day for its first […] Sept 22, 2011 Michael B. Horn
Pearson goes bold, acquires Connections Education Michael B. Horn Pearson goes bold, acquires Connections Education Pearson announced today that it is acquiring Connections Education in a move that should reverberate across the field of online learning and the education world […] Sept 15, 2011 Michael B. Horn
The single best idea for reforming K-12 education Michael B. Horn The single best idea for reforming K-12 education What’s your single best idea for reforming K-12 education? That’s the question that Forbes posed to many of us recently, and as I thought about […] Sept 15, 2011 Michael B. Horn
How digital learning can (and must) help excellent teachers reach more children Bryan Hassel and Emily Ayscue Hassel How digital learning can (and must) help excellent teachers reach more children Thanks to Michael Horn for letting us add onto his noteworthy post “Why digital learning will liberate teachers.” Here we want to second his point and […] Sept 12, 2011 Bryan Hassel and Emily Ayscue Hassel
Cramming computers: It’s still the same old story Michael B. Horn Cramming computers: It’s still the same old story The New York Times woke many with a start over the weekend when it reported in its Sunday edition on a school in Arizona investing […] Sept 8, 2011 Michael B. Horn
In defense of public education Heather Staker In defense of public education As part of a team that advocates innovation in education, I have fielded questions about whether by calling for innovation, we intend for the system’s […] Aug 30, 2011 Heather Staker
How the East Coast could benefit from online learning Katherine Mackey How the East Coast could benefit from online learning In the wake of the slew of natural disasters that hit the East Coast this past week, an article in today’s Edweek announced: Hurricane Irene swept ashore […] Aug 29, 2011 Katherine Mackey
EdTech market is growing–if you’re disruptive Michael B. Horn EdTech market is growing–if you’re disruptive An article by Katie Ash in Education Week about a new report by the investment bank, Berkery Noyes, caught my eye recently because of its […] Aug 25, 2011 Michael B. Horn
Playbook for immediate innovation Heather Staker Playbook for immediate innovation It’s hard to coach a football game when the players and the playbook are designed for soccer. This is the challenge that superintendents and principals […] Aug 24, 2011 Heather Staker
‘Quality Control in K-12 Digital Learning’: A stimulating, quality read Michael B. Horn ‘Quality Control in K-12 Digital Learning’: A stimulating, quality read At the end of July, the Fordham Institute launched an important new series to examine how to create healthy policy for the emergent and disruptive […] Aug 17, 2011 Michael B. Horn
Interview with Brian Greenberg on Envision Schools Blended Learning Pilot Alex Hernandez Interview with Brian Greenberg on Envision Schools Blended Learning Pilot Brian Greenberg, recently the Chief Academic Officer of Envision Schools, listened to all the hype about blended learning and, like a great edu-preneur, decided to […] Aug 15, 2011 Alex Hernandez