Noisy customers Heather Staker Noisy customers This week, Pennsylvania’s Sun Gazette reported here that Muncy School District has developed online courses at a cost of “pennies on the dollar” compared to […] Aug 19, 2010 Heather Staker
State Board falters with regulations on virtual schools Michael B. Horn State Board falters with regulations on virtual schools A few weeks ago, the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education passed a series of misguided regulations that restrict the Massachusetts Legislature’s recent law […] Aug 13, 2010 Michael B. Horn
Improving the odds of accessing an expert teacher Heather Staker Improving the odds of accessing an expert teacher “The Case for $320,000 Kindergarten Teachers” has been on the NYT.com top-ten-most-popular list for several days running. In the article, David Leonhardt reports that economists […] Aug 12, 2010 Heather Staker
What job do we hire credit recovery to do? Michael B. Horn What job do we hire credit recovery to do? I had the opportunity to speak with a doctoral class on systemic education reform at UC Berkeley a couple weeks back. I briefly walked them […] July 29, 2010 Michael B. Horn
TechCrunch on Nixty, Developing Countries as Big Opportunity Michael B. Horn TechCrunch on Nixty, Developing Countries as Big Opportunity More than nearly any writer I think I’ve read, Sarah Lacy of TechCrunch gets it. She understands disruptive innovation, as well as why some promising […] July 23, 2010 Michael B. Horn
An open letter to Commissioner Chester of Massachusetts Michael B. Horn An open letter to Commissioner Chester of Massachusetts Last week, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Mitchell D. Chester advised the State Board to build new restrictions into its […] July 20, 2010 Michael B. Horn
Re-architecting Harrison’s world Heather Staker Re-architecting Harrison’s world In my last blog I wrote about how the traditional school system hampers student progress by tethering all students to common pacing, thereby handicapping a student like […] July 20, 2010 Heather Staker
Education as we know it is finished Michael B. Horn Education as we know it is finished Innosight Institute cofounders Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn authored a provocatively headlined piece in Forbes titled “Education As We Know It Is Finished: […] July 15, 2010 Michael B. Horn
Online learning continues to expand Michael B. Horn Online learning continues to expand For those naysayers who have been suspect of whether online learning would continue to grow in the highly regulated K-12 sector as disruptive innovations do, […] July 15, 2010 Michael B. Horn
The United States Handicapper General Heather Staker The United States Handicapper General In the satirical science fiction short story by Kurt Vonnegut, Harrison Bergeron is too smart, too attractive and too strong. By official edict of the […] July 9, 2010 Heather Staker
Gates Foundation launches comment period for NextGen challenges Michael B. Horn Gates Foundation launches comment period for NextGen challenges Many have by now seen that the Gates Foundation is launching what it is calling “NextGen Learning Challenges,” with the aim of improving college readiness […] July 1, 2010 Michael B. Horn
A smarter summer Heather Staker 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 […] June 30, 2010 Heather Staker