February 2011
One-third of Alabama’s K-12 students live in rural areas. The state has struggled to provide them with advanced courses, foreign languages, and electives. This case describes how the ACCESS Distance Learning program ha...
CONTINUE READING
February 2011
Higher education is in crisis across the nation. America’s colleges and universities are strapped for resources, students and families are faced with eye-popping tuition increases, and we are falling behind other devel...
CONTINUE READING
January 2011
This study examines the various ways that three districts–Auburn School District in Auburn, Wash., Volusia County Schools in Volusia County, Fla., and Wichita Public Schools in Wichita, Kan.–are using Apex Learning i...
CONTINUE READING
January 2011
Online learning is sweeping across America, and it’s no longer only a distance-learning phenomenon. Most of the growth is in blended-learning environments, which are defined and chronicled in this report. As blended-le...
CONTINUE READING
December 2010
Faced with rural schools and unreliable Internet access, the North Carolina Connectivity Initiative upgraded the state’s K-12 data network in only three years. This case study describes how North Carolina used E-Rate f...
CONTINUE READING
December 2010
Serving a large rural geography in a state with the second-highest percentage of uninsured people, New Mexico-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services became a natural testing ground for a number of disruptive innovations....
CONTINUE READING
November 2010
Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn contributed a chapter titled "Disruptive Innovation" to this book, published by the Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurship.
CONTINUE READING
November 2010
With contributing authors Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn
A compilation of insights from leading entrepreneurs and innovators. Featured executives include for-profit entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, and c...
CONTINUE READING
September 2010
What job might students hire schools to do? This white paper, an excerpt from the 2nd edition of Disrupting Class, seeks to understand this crucial question and unearths some surprising conclusions on the road to better ...
CONTINUE READING
September 2010
Nestled in the middle of Pennsylvania Dutch country, Lancaster General Health – the only health system in our case study series without an integrated payor — adopted a singular focus on serving the local community an...
CONTINUE READING
August 2010
In a state already praised for keeping health care costs 30% below the national average, HealthPartners in Minnesota stands out for delivering quality care at a cost that is even less than the state average. This case st...
CONTINUE READING