What are we using technology to scale? Julia Freeland Fisher What are we using technology to scale? As blended learning gains greater traction across the country, conversations around blended learning sometimes tend toward celebrating what technology can do rather than what it […] Feb 21, 2014 Julia Freeland Fisher
Top Vietnamese party officials push innovation in schools Michael B. Horn Top Vietnamese party officials push innovation in schools HANOI – Even as the people in Vietnamese schools with whom I have met complain about the restrictions on their ability to innovate and create more student-centered […] Feb 20, 2014 Michael B. Horn
Does policy hinder or help innovation in Vietnam’s schools? Michael B. Horn Does policy hinder or help innovation in Vietnam’s schools? HANOI – In certain respects, the dialogue around education in Vietnam isn’t all that different from that in the United States. In both places, the […] Feb 18, 2014 Michael B. Horn
Disrupting Vietnam’s education system Michael B. Horn Disrupting Vietnam’s education system As we were writing Disrupting Class, which focused largely on how to help the U.S. transform its education system into a student-centered one by harnessing […] Feb 17, 2014 Michael B. Horn
Solving social inequity through disruptive innovation Thomas Arnett Solving social inequity through disruptive innovation Sal Khan may be best known for creating the Khan Academy math videos that went viral on YouTube, but his vision for the potential of […] Feb 13, 2014 Thomas Arnett
Code Danger: California regulators threaten innovative workforce solutions Michelle R. Weise, PhD Code Danger: California regulators threaten innovative workforce solutions I’ve always wished I knew I how to code. Thankfully, today, the opportunities to learn how abound through various online providers—many of them, free. For […] Feb 12, 2014 Michelle R. Weise, PhD
Can pre-K blaze the way to disruption? Julia Freeland Fisher Can pre-K blaze the way to disruption? Pre-K is getting a lot of media attention lately, whether it’s De Blasio’s call for tax increases to fund pre-K in New York City, states […] Feb 11, 2014 Julia Freeland Fisher
Julie Young: Disruptive innovator for students Michael B. Horn Julie Young: Disruptive innovator for students Julie Young’s guiding vision for the Florida Virtual School (FLVS) began in 1996 as she wrote the word “student” at the center of a piece […] Feb 10, 2014 Michael B. Horn
Illuminating federal barriers to competency-based education Julia Freeland Fisher Illuminating federal barriers to competency-based education A new paper out this week titled, A K-12 Federal Policy Framework for Competency Education, helps to highlight how federal education law stymies competency-based learning. […] Feb 4, 2014 Julia Freeland Fisher
Successful ‘edupreneurs’ reignite for-profit debate Michael B. Horn Successful ‘edupreneurs’ reignite for-profit debate Frederick M. Hess, the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and I coauthored this piece. Julie Petersen’s piece, “For Education Entrepreneurs, […] Jan 31, 2014 Michael B. Horn
Going deeper or going further: Where students advance in competency-based models Julia Freeland Fisher Going deeper or going further: Where students advance in competency-based models The crux of competency-based education is that students advance only upon mastery. This is a deeply logical approach to unlock each individual student’s ability to […] Jan 29, 2014 Julia Freeland Fisher
Creating a good course choice market Thomas Arnett Creating a good course choice market In the last few years, a handful of states (Florida, Texas, Utah, Michigan, and Louisiana) have pioneered a new breed of education policies called ‘course […] Jan 23, 2014 Thomas Arnett