Five reasons districts should love Course Access Michael B. Horn Five reasons districts should love Course Access As Course Access programs, in which students have access to publicly funded courses of their choice across a range of providers held accountable for results, […] July 24, 2014 Michael B. Horn
Can we strike 1-to-1 from the edu-dictionary? Julia Freeland Fisher Can we strike 1-to-1 from the edu-dictionary? More often than not, when I ask school systems and principals about their approach to instructional technology, I hear one of two things. A victorious […] July 22, 2014 Julia Freeland Fisher
Course access opens new horizons for students Thomas Arnett Course access opens new horizons for students When Elaine Nielson was in sixth grade, her teacher noticed that she and a few of the other students in her class were up for […] July 18, 2014 Thomas Arnett
Rosetta Stone, MegaStudy and educational software in Korea Michael B. Horn Rosetta Stone, MegaStudy and educational software in Korea While in Korea studying the country’s education system on my Eisenhower Fellowship, I observed how little Korean society values educational software. The idea of paying […] July 17, 2014 Michael B. Horn
Why kids are hiring competency-based education Julia Freeland Fisher Why kids are hiring competency-based education This week I had the privilege of sitting in on the first day of Boston Day and Evening Academy (BDEA)’s Responsive Education Alternatives Lab (REAL) […] July 16, 2014 Julia Freeland Fisher
Computers enable good teachers Thomas Arnett Computers enable good teachers In a recent blog post for the The New Yorker titled, “Will computers ever replace teachers?,” Justin Reich raises several interesting critiques on the value […] July 11, 2014 Thomas Arnett
Unbundling and re-bundling in higher education Michael B. Horn Unbundling and re-bundling in higher education With the explosion of online learning, a disruptive innovation, there has been significant attention paid to the likely unbundling of higher education (see Michael Staton’s AEI […] July 10, 2014 Michael B. Horn
The New ‘Hire’ Education Michelle R. Weise, PhD The New ‘Hire’ Education “The New ‘Hire’ Education” @rwmichelle on lack of on- and off-ramps betw #highered & workforce Click To Tweet The following was first published in The EvoLLLution. […] July 3, 2014 Michelle R. Weise, PhD
Disruptive innovation and education Michael B. Horn Disruptive innovation and education Taking Clay Christensen’s class at the Harvard Business School altered my understanding of how the world works. Changes that had previously seemed counterintuitive—the struggles of […] July 2, 2014 Michael B. Horn
Why are schools going blended? Julia Freeland Fisher Why are schools going blended? Why are schools going blended? The answer is certainly mixed depending on whom you talk to. In some senses it doesn’t matter—whether it’s to increase […] July 2, 2014 Julia Freeland Fisher
Beltway needs new higher education ideas Michael B. Horn Beltway needs new higher education ideas It’s time for some new ideas in Washington, D.C. to curb what is a very real problem. The new documentary Ivory Tower does a good job of […] June 26, 2014 Michael B. Horn
5 insights on edtech market for small- to medium-sized school systems Michael B. Horn 5 insights on edtech market for small- to medium-sized school systems Just as companies often struggle to create compelling solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses, so, too, do education technology companies often overlook the priorities and […] June 19, 2014 Michael B. Horn