Is the end of Sweet Briar the end of college? Michelle R. Weise, PhD Is the end of Sweet Briar the end of college? “People entering academic fields have long taken the economics of higher education for granted, never asking where, exactly, the money comes from to support the […] Mar 10, 2015 Michelle R. Weise, PhD
New Hampshire testing pilot breaks the federal accountability mold Julia Freeland Fisher New Hampshire testing pilot breaks the federal accountability mold This week the U.S. Department of Education made a groundbreaking decision to allow four school systems in New Hampshire to pilot a new accountability regime […] Mar 5, 2015 Julia Freeland Fisher
Disruptive innovation can help solve nation’s teacher shortage Michael B. Horn Disruptive innovation can help solve nation’s teacher shortage A critique against the power of disruptive innovation to help our schools educate each child more effectively has been a backhanded one: Yes, re-architecting schools […] Mar 5, 2015 Michael B. Horn
Creating a sea change to improve teacher impact Thomas Arnett Creating a sea change to improve teacher impact One of the most conclusive findings in education research is that teachers matter. They are the most important thing outside of family background that affects […] Mar 4, 2015 Thomas Arnett
The FDA needs disruption to calm the latest endoscopy scare Michael Devonas The FDA needs disruption to calm the latest endoscopy scare View image | gettyimages.com Last month, news broke that nearly 200 patients at Reagan UCLA Medical Center had been exposed to a deadly bacterium because […] Mar 2, 2015 Michael Devonas
Debate on new education law overlooks future of testing Michael B. Horn Debate on new education law overlooks future of testing Julia Freeland and Thomas Arnett, research fellows at the Clayton Christensen Institute, and I coauthored this piece. As the House of Representatives prepares to vote […] Feb 26, 2015 Michael B. Horn
Micro-school parents, students build one-room schoolhouses of today Anna Gu Micro-school parents, students build one-room schoolhouses of today The one-room schoolhouse calls to mind pastoral scenes from an older, more rural America, but many of its ideals are once again becoming the schooling […] Feb 25, 2015 Anna Gu
Don’t capitulate to the credit hour, recreate it Julia Freeland Fisher Don’t capitulate to the credit hour, recreate it Last month, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching released a report titled “The Carnegie Unit: A Century-Old Standard in a Changing Education Landscape.” […] Feb 23, 2015 Julia Freeland Fisher
What comes after ‘next’? Michelle R. Weise, PhD What comes after ‘next’? This blog was first published on CompetencyWorks. The question seems laughable, doesn’t it? Particularly for institutions just beginning to hash out what a CBE program […] Feb 20, 2015 Michelle R. Weise, PhD
Why Obama’s higher ed ratings are struggling Michael B. Horn Why Obama’s higher ed ratings are struggling A Wall Street Journal article last week reported that the Obama administration is running into major political and technical obstacles in completing and rolling out […] Feb 19, 2015 Michael B. Horn
Fostering competency in Arizona Thomas Arnett Fostering competency in Arizona Yesterday the Arizona State Senate Education Committee voted 5-2 in favor of a bill that would create opportunities for schools to pilot competency-based education programs. […] Feb 13, 2015 Thomas Arnett
Can federal grants drive personalized learning? Julia Freeland Fisher Can federal grants drive personalized learning? As ESEA debates heat up on the Hill this month, in addition to reconsidering the federal role in school accountability, there has been a growing […] Feb 13, 2015 Julia Freeland Fisher
