What Koreans wish Obama understood about their schools Michael B. Horn What Koreans wish Obama understood about their schools In my travels throughout Korea, in virtually every meeting I heard a variation of the same theme. “Why does President Obama think that Korean schools […] Mar 31, 2014 Michael B. Horn
Busan schools flip Korea’s society, classrooms Michael B. Horn Busan schools flip Korea’s society, classrooms At a middle school set in a low-income neighborhood of Busan, South Korea, I witnessed the potential for blended learning to boost Korean students’ achievement, engagement, and […] Mar 25, 2014 Michael B. Horn
North Korean refugees represent need, opportunity for educational innovation in South Korea Michael B. Horn North Korean refugees represent need, opportunity for educational innovation in South Korea I met Wednesday with the founder and CEO of Teach for All Korea, Yukang Choi. Given that the teaching field already attracts some of the top […] Mar 20, 2014 Michael B. Horn
Visits to Korea’s schools offer perspective on challenges, opportunities ahead Michael B. Horn Visits to Korea’s schools offer perspective on challenges, opportunities ahead My visits to South Korean schools—five so far with a few more scheduled—are starting to help me understand the differences between the different levels of […] Mar 18, 2014 Michael B. Horn
KAIST doesn’t wait for change in Korea, pioneers ‘Education 3.0’ Michael B. Horn KAIST doesn’t wait for change in Korea, pioneers ‘Education 3.0’ As South Korea struggles to escape the downsides of centuries of a Confucian emphasis on rote learning while retaining the positives from that Confucian legacy, […] Mar 17, 2014 Michael B. Horn
Alternatives to the traditional Julia Freeland Fisher Alternatives to the traditional Two weeks ago, Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Joshua P. Starr unveiled a detailed strategic plan for overhauling the county’s struggling alternative school program. The […] Mar 14, 2014 Julia Freeland Fisher
Meister of Korean school reform: A conversation with Lee Ju-Ho Michael B. Horn Meister of Korean school reform: A conversation with Lee Ju-Ho Although there has often been a knee-jerk reaction within the Korean government to block new forms of education emerging outside mainstream, government-funded schools, not everyone who has […] Mar 14, 2014 Michael B. Horn
Getting the scope of your blended learning program right Thomas Arnett Getting the scope of your blended learning program right In my last blog post, I highlighted the value of viewing the education system as architecture of components and subsystems that fit and work together […] Mar 13, 2014 Thomas Arnett
Rate me: College ratings for those with something to prove Michelle R. Weise, PhD Rate me: College ratings for those with something to prove President Obama’s college-ratings plan has evoked strong reactions—mostly criticisms and reservations from college leaders and postsecondary associations about performance-based measurements. Few seem to support the ... Mar 12, 2014 Michelle R. Weise, PhD
Are universities what they used to be for Koreans? Michael B. Horn Are universities what they used to be for Koreans? In my meetings in South Korea, I continue to get the sense that cracks are appearing in the society’s heretofore almost universal extrinsic motivation to […] Mar 11, 2014 Michael B. Horn
Def Dance Skool rocks Korean traditions Michael B. Horn Def Dance Skool rocks Korean traditions In my quest to discover whether Korea’s culture and its rabid pursuit of education at any costs geared toward the national suneung, or College Scholastic Aptitude Test, […] Mar 10, 2014 Michael B. Horn
Improving information access or expanding students’ social capital? Julia Freeland Fisher Improving information access or expanding students’ social capital? Education technology stands to more efficiently expand not just what you know, but whom you know. Technology may be a tool to impart skills and […] Mar 7, 2014 Julia Freeland Fisher