The next Secretary of Education Michael B. Horn The next Secretary of Education President-elect Barack Obama made waves in education this week when he announced his pick of Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan to be the next […] Dec 18, 2008 Michael B. Horn
Awards for Disrupting Class Michael B. Horn Awards for Disrupting Class This has been an exciting and flattering couple weeks for Clayton, Curtis, and myself as the authors of Disrupting Class. First, Strategy + Business named […] Dec 18, 2008 Michael B. Horn
Online training lagging in education, too? Michael B. Horn Online training lagging in education, too? Michael Petrilli has a good article in the Fall 2008 Education Next titled “Arrested Development: Online training is the norm in other professions. Why not […] Dec 12, 2008 Michael B. Horn
The convergence of neuroscience and education Michael B. Horn The convergence of neuroscience and education As scientists continue to study and learn how the brain actually works—something we are a long way off from understanding fully at the moment—what they […] Dec 4, 2008 Michael B. Horn
EdTechTalk interviews Horn Michael B. Horn EdTechTalk interviews Horn EdTechTalk,a community of educators interested in discussing and learning about the uses of educational technology, conducted an interview with Michael B. Horn, Innosight Institute co-founder […] Nov 26, 2008 Michael B. Horn
Video games hook people on reading Michael B. Horn Video games hook people on reading There was a series of articles recently in the New York Times about video games and computers in education. One about using video games to […] Nov 26, 2008 Michael B. Horn
The fluidity of ‘giftedness’ Michael B. Horn The fluidity of ‘giftedness’ It’s been an exciting week in the U.S. An historic presidential election concluded with a landmark result of which all of us can proud regardless […] Nov 6, 2008 Michael B. Horn
Interview with Clayton Christensen in IdeaConnection Michael B. Horn Interview with Clayton Christensen in IdeaConnection Innosight Institute cofounder and Disrupting Class coauthor Clayton M. Christensen conducted an interview with IdeaConnection, which was published online today. The article, Embracing Disrupting Change, […] Nov 4, 2008 Michael B. Horn
The week that was Michael B. Horn The week that was I had planned originally to blog again about higher education, but this has been a busy few days of activity around the book and its […] Oct 30, 2008 Michael B. Horn
Disrupting Class on the Britannica Blog Michael B. Horn Disrupting Class on the Britannica Blog Michael B. Horn has a piece in the Britannica Blog about the effect of technology in education. Along with other writers throughout the week, Horn […] Oct 23, 2008 Michael B. Horn
Another disruption in higher education: the teaching university Michael B. Horn Another disruption in higher education: the teaching university Let’s revisit the topic of disruption in higher education, but from a different angle. In the past, I’ve written about community colleges and online universities […] Oct 22, 2008 Michael B. Horn
Disrupting Class and the presidential election Michael B. Horn Disrupting Class and the presidential election Clayton Christensen and I have a new article out in Business Week online today in the Viewpoint section. Titled “McCain: Education’s Disruptor-in-Chief?” the article is […] Oct 21, 2008 Michael B. Horn