A small cafe serves up a disruptive menu Heather Staker A small cafe serves up a disruptive menu Katheryn Kelly is not the typical homeschool mom. Besides the fact that she earned a bachelor’s from Stanford and a doctorate in biology from Chicago, […] Dec 7, 2011 Heather Staker
Recent legislative and policy actions open the door to disruption in health care Michael B. Horn Recent legislative and policy actions open the door to disruption in health care In The Washington Post, Vineeta Vijayaraghavan and Clayton Christensen write about the impact of recent changes that enable more disruption in care delivery: Health-care changes […] Dec 3, 2011 Michael B. Horn
Data points to problems in the K-12 e-market Heather Staker Data points to problems in the K-12 e-market The Keeping Pace 2011 report represents another tour de force by Evergreen Education Group in summarizing the busy, messy growth in K-12 online learning. The […] Dec 1, 2011 Heather Staker
Getting Smart envisions a smarter system of schooling Michael B. Horn Getting Smart envisions a smarter system of schooling Tom Vander Ark has seen many sides of the U.S. education system—as a district superintendent, the executive director of education for the Gates Foundation, an […] Nov 29, 2011 Michael B. Horn
Leave the partisan bickering aside in the online-learning debate Meg Evans Leave the partisan bickering aside in the online-learning debate In “Jeb Bush’s Cyber Attack on Public Schools,” published in the November issue of Mother Jones, Stephanie Mencimer launches a broad attack on online learning. Among […] Nov 16, 2011 Meg Evans
When Blended Learning Puts Students in Charge Alex Hernandez When Blended Learning Puts Students in Charge I am not going to sit on my #%$ as the events that affect me unfold to determine the course of my life. I’m going […] Nov 8, 2011 Alex Hernandez
What can we learn about learning? Michael B. Horn What can we learn about learning? Bror Saxberg, the chief learning officer of Kaplan, Inc., is a man for whom I have great respect. Whenever I have a question about the […] Nov 8, 2011 Michael B. Horn
Jason Hwang declares that “Innovation is Alive and Well in Health Care” Michael B. Horn Jason Hwang declares that “Innovation is Alive and Well in Health Care” On CNBC.com, Jason Hwang writes about innovative care delivery models that could represent a blueprint for transforming our health care system. Read more at http://www.cnbc.com/id/44905039 Oct 31, 2011 Michael B. Horn
Waldorf is great; let tech extend the experience to anyone who wants it Katherine Mackey Waldorf is great; let tech extend the experience to anyone who wants it In his latest article, titled “A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute,” Matt Richtel continues his seeming rampage against education technology by describing how the […] Oct 26, 2011 Katherine Mackey
Colorado’s crummy policies lead to crummy virtual schools Michael B. Horn Colorado’s crummy policies lead to crummy virtual schools An investigation of Colorado’s full-time virtual schools has revealed some dubious results and practices, which led the state’s Senate President to call for an emergency […] Oct 24, 2011 Michael B. Horn
What do you get when you combine Sal Khan and New Tech Schools? Heather Staker What do you get when you combine Sal Khan and New Tech Schools? Sounds like the start to a bad joke. But I’m serious. What would a school look like if it were to combine some of the […] Oct 19, 2011 Heather Staker
Yes, non-profits do have business models Michael B. Horn Yes, non-profits do have business models In response to our recent article in the Harvard Magazine titled Colleges in Crisis and my coauthor Clayton Christensen’s recent book, The Innovative University, a […] Oct 13, 2011 Michael B. Horn