Are our edtech categories obsolete? Julia Freeland Fisher Are our edtech categories obsolete? As I noted a few weeks ago, education technology seems to be lagging our vision of building systems in which students advance upon mastery. In […] Dec 18, 2013 Julia Freeland Fisher
Why teacher preparation programs lack the will to change Thomas Arnett Why teacher preparation programs lack the will to change There is an interesting parallel between teacher education programs and the history of the computer industry. In the 1970s, refrigerator-sized minicomputers were the cutting-edge machines of […] Dec 17, 2013 Thomas Arnett
What Wall Street can teach health care about targets and measurements Ben Wanamaker What Wall Street can teach health care about targets and measurements Devin Bean, a research assistant at the Clayton Christensen Institute, and I coauthored this piece. One thing the health care industry should admire about Wall Street capitalists […] Dec 13, 2013 Ben Wanamaker
The audacity of Udacity Michael B. Horn The audacity of Udacity Why people thought that the massive open online course (MOOC) providers would disrupt U.S. higher education by themselves by simply offering traditional university courses online […] Dec 12, 2013 Michael B. Horn
A chance for federal investment in competency-based education: Youth CareerConnect Julia Freeland Fisher A chance for federal investment in competency-based education: Youth CareerConnect Last month, the Department of Labor announced a new grant opportunity, Youth CareerConnect, for career and technical education programs. The Department will use up to […] Dec 11, 2013 Julia Freeland Fisher
Challenges to reforming teacher preparation Thomas Arnett Challenges to reforming teacher preparation Over the last few months the debate over the effectiveness of teacher preparation programs has gained new momentum. This summer, US News & World Report […] Dec 9, 2013 Thomas Arnett
Encouraging value networks that enable disruptive therapies Devin Bean Encouraging value networks that enable disruptive therapies Depression is a devastating illness that troubles up to 7% of the U.S. population in any given year. Drug treatments such as Zoloft and Prozac […] Dec 6, 2013 Devin Bean
Can technology cultivate social capital? Julia Freeland Fisher Can technology cultivate social capital? When we talk about the disruptive potential of online learning, we usually describe new approaches to delivering academic content tailored to students’ individual interests and […] Dec 4, 2013 Julia Freeland Fisher
Health care disruptors must navigate treacherous regulatory waters Ben Wanamaker Health care disruptors must navigate treacherous regulatory waters This week 23andMe, a popular and well-funded genetic testing start-up, received a warning letter from the FDA indicating its product is being classified as a […] Nov 27, 2013 Ben Wanamaker
Don’t expect schools of the future to be here tomorrow Thomas Arnett Don’t expect schools of the future to be here tomorrow My first exposure to blended learning was a transformative moment in my life. At the time, I was in my second year of teaching middle-school […] Nov 25, 2013 Thomas Arnett
What counts as “traditional” when traditions are changing? Julia Freeland Fisher What counts as “traditional” when traditions are changing? Every once in a while you come across a bold policy with a research base that is vague, problematic, or even obsolete. Here’s a prime […] Nov 21, 2013 Julia Freeland Fisher
Teach to One earns promising marks in math learning Michael B. Horn Teach to One earns promising marks in math learning Personalized-learning models powered by technology posted more promising gains in the 2012-13 school year, according to a newly released Columbia Teachers College study on the first-year impact […] Nov 21, 2013 Michael B. Horn