Education debuts its Y-Combinator: education entrepreneurship, disruption alive and well Michael B. Horn Education debuts its Y-Combinator: education entrepreneurship, disruption alive and well ImagineK12, an incubator modeled after Y Combinator to help education startups “get it right and get funded,” held its first demo day for its first […] Sept 22, 2011 Michael B. Horn
Pearson goes bold, acquires Connections Education Michael B. Horn Pearson goes bold, acquires Connections Education Pearson announced today that it is acquiring Connections Education in a move that should reverberate across the field of online learning and the education world […] Sept 15, 2011 Michael B. Horn
The single best idea for reforming K-12 education Michael B. Horn The single best idea for reforming K-12 education What’s your single best idea for reforming K-12 education? That’s the question that Forbes posed to many of us recently, and as I thought about […] Sept 15, 2011 Michael B. Horn
Cramming computers: It’s still the same old story Michael B. Horn Cramming computers: It’s still the same old story The New York Times woke many with a start over the weekend when it reported in its Sunday edition on a school in Arizona investing […] Sept 8, 2011 Michael B. Horn
EdTech market is growing–if you’re disruptive Michael B. Horn EdTech market is growing–if you’re disruptive An article by Katie Ash in Education Week about a new report by the investment bank, Berkery Noyes, caught my eye recently because of its […] Aug 25, 2011 Michael B. Horn
‘Quality Control in K-12 Digital Learning’: A stimulating, quality read Michael B. Horn ‘Quality Control in K-12 Digital Learning’: A stimulating, quality read At the end of July, the Fordham Institute launched an important new series to examine how to create healthy policy for the emergent and disruptive […] Aug 17, 2011 Michael B. Horn
Teacher of the Future Why digital learning will liberate teachers Michael B. Horn Why digital learning will liberate teachers I spend a lot of time writing about how digital learning can transform our education system into a student-centric one. In my last blog, I […] Aug 9, 2011 Michael B. Horn Teacher of the Future
Apollo Group goes to school with Carnegie Learning Michael B. Horn Apollo Group goes to school with Carnegie Learning Apollo Group, owner of the University of Phoenix, announced recently that it agreed to acquire Carnegie Learning, which offers computer-based math instruction based on solid […] Aug 8, 2011 Michael B. Horn
Vineeta Vijayaraghavan and Clayton Christensen offer their commentary on the state of electronic medical records after the closure of Google Health Michael B. Horn Vineeta Vijayaraghavan and Clayton Christensen offer their commentary on the state of electronic medical records after the closure of Google Health It may seem that the viability of electronic health records looks dismal after the failure of Google Health, yet in integrated health systems around the country […] Aug 3, 2011 Michael B. Horn
Why ‘soccer moms’ matter for digital learning Michael B. Horn Why ‘soccer moms’ matter for digital learning This past week I had the privilege of addressing a group of parents at the National Coalition for Public School Options Family Reunion in Washington, […] July 22, 2011 Michael B. Horn
How the Internet is revolutionizing education Michael B. Horn How the Internet is revolutionizing education I saw this on the Web and thought it was a pretty neat depiction of how online learning is growing and evolving. Some of the […] July 18, 2011 Michael B. Horn
Could Harvard be disrupted? Michael B. Horn Could Harvard be disrupted? Could Harvard be disrupted? On the surface of it, the question seems absurd. How could a university such as Harvard—which enjoys such a leading worldwide […] July 7, 2011 Michael B. Horn