An open mind: transforming higher education Michael B. Horn An open mind: transforming higher education The article “An Open Mind” from the New York Times came out a little while back but it related enough to some of the higher […] June 3, 2010 Michael B. Horn
Transforming higher ed: Explaining the QV Index Michael B. Horn Transforming higher ed: Explaining the QV Index In an op-ed in the Washington Times a couple weeks ago, I introduced the idea of a QV Index in higher education to create the […] May 27, 2010 Michael B. Horn
Autism Training Solutions Heather Staker Autism Training Solutions 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 Heather Staker
In education, for-profit gets a bad rep Michael B. Horn In education, for-profit gets a bad rep In the May 20, 2010 Huffington Post, Michael B. Horn has an op-ed titled “In education, for-profit gets a bad rep,” in which he talks […] May 20, 2010 Michael B. Horn
Transforming higher education Michael B. Horn Transforming higher education In an op-ed in the May 6, 2010 edition of The Washington Times, Michael B. Horn offers thoughts about the imperative of transforming the funding […] May 20, 2010 Michael B. Horn
Pandora for learning is music to my ears Heather Staker Pandora for learning is music to my ears 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 Heather Staker
Stop the madness and stop cutting learning time Michael B. Horn Stop the madness and stop cutting learning time 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 Michael B. Horn
Time to rethink the curriculum adoption process Heather Staker 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 […] May 12, 2010 Heather Staker
Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal and Innosight Institute Host Forum on Educational Innovation Michael B. Horn Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal and Innosight Institute Host Forum on Educational Innovation 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 Michael B. Horn
Paul Peterson on Disrupting Class, Liberating Learning, and Saving Schools Michael B. Horn Paul Peterson on Disrupting Class, Liberating Learning, and Saving Schools 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 Michael B. Horn
Chartering past the blame Heather Staker Chartering past the blame 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 Heather Staker
Virtual SchoolingDisrupting the Status Quo Michael B. Horn Virtual SchoolingDisrupting the Status Quo By Michael B. Horn Ever since the creation of the Florida Virtual School in 1997, Florida has been among the nation’s leaders in the fast-growing online learning movement. This policy brief discusses how to use online... May 1, 2010 Michael B. Horn