Waldorf is great; let tech extend the experience to anyone who wants it Katherine Mackey Waldorf is great; let tech extend the experience to anyone who wants it In his latest article, titled “A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute,” Matt Richtel continues his seeming rampage against education technology by describing how the […] Oct 26, 2011 Katherine Mackey
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
Advanced AcademicsPioneering an innovative teaching model Katherine Mackey Advanced AcademicsPioneering an innovative teaching model By Katherine Mackey This case study explores the future of teaching by looking at how one online school, Advanced Academics, has rethought the current teaching model in a radical–and liberating–way. Aug 1, 2011 Katherine Mackey
Moving from inputs to outputs to outcomesThe future of education policy Michael B. Horn Moving from inputs to outputs to outcomesThe future of education policy By Michael B. Horn and Katherine Mackey Online learning has the potential to transform the nation’s education system into a student-centric one. But currently the vast majority of policy does not reward operators for ... June 1, 2011 Michael B. Horn
How online learning facilitates peer tutoring Katherine Mackey How online learning facilitates peer tutoring Last week, I had the opportunity to visit Covington Elementary School (Covington) in Los Altos, Calif., where a class of 5th graders is using Khan […] May 25, 2011 Katherine Mackey
Educating teachers about online learning Katherine Mackey Educating teachers about online learning In last week’s blog, I described a scenario in which one of my eleventh-grade English students could have benefited from taking an online course. Unfortunately, […] Mar 11, 2011 Katherine Mackey
Why I Support Utah Senate Bill 65 Katherine Mackey Why I Support Utah Senate Bill 65 As a native-Utahan and an advocate of online learning, I have been following Utah Senate Bill 65 (SB65), also known as the Statewide Online Education […] Mar 4, 2011 Katherine Mackey
Advanced Academics Katherine Mackey Advanced Academics In November, I had the opportunity to spend an entire day shadowing teachers at Advanced Academics, an online school that provides comprehensive middle and high […] Feb 15, 2011 Katherine Mackey
The realities of data collection in K-12 public education Katherine Mackey The realities of data collection in K-12 public education K-12 public education accounts for the biggest slice of state and local government budgets. In 2005, the public spent some $500 billion annually on K-12 […] Feb 8, 2011 Katherine Mackey
Musings about unit recovery Katherine Mackey Musings about unit recovery Traditional high schools are increasingly beginning to use online learning to enable students who have failed a unit assessment to retake the unit before they […] Feb 2, 2011 Katherine Mackey
Debunking myths about online-learning teachers Katherine Mackey Debunking myths about online-learning teachers At VSS 2010, Michael B. Horn asked a panel of six online-learning leaders what policy they thought posed the greatest barrier to the growth of […] Jan 25, 2011 Katherine Mackey
Implementing Apex LearningA comparison of online-learning programs in three school districts Katherine Mackey Implementing Apex LearningA comparison of online-learning programs in three school districts By Katherine Mackey This study examines the various ways that three districts–Auburn School District in Auburn, Wash., Volusia County Schools in Volusia County, Fla., and Wichita Public Schools in Wichita, Kan.–are ... Jan 1, 2011 Katherine Mackey