Michael Horn Talks Disruptive Technology at WA Ed Innovation Forum
This week, Michael Horn, the co-founder and Executive Director of Innosight Institute, discussed the growth and development of disruptive technologies like online learning in education at the Washington Education Innovation Forum, hosted by Robin Lake, in Seattle, Wash.
Pearson Acquires Connections Education
Learning company Pearson announced today that it plans to acquire the virtual public school provider Connections Education, formerly known as Connections Academy.
What the Connections Acquisition Means
Pearson announced today that it acquired Connections Education, a leading national online learning provider. I know both companies well and think this is a great combination. Connections is another success story for Sterling Partners, backers of Laureate, Sylvan. Peter Cohen, President of Pearson’s School Group, came…
Review: The Multiplayer Classroom by Lee Sheldon
"Play the game," is a phrase commonly thrown around when people are discussing a challenge in the workplace or at school. We say that to mean - look at life like a game of chess that requires you to make calculated risks, problem solve, rise to challenges and interact with others. The big question is: Can everything in life be game? According to Associate Professor and Co-Director at the Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Lee Sheldon, the answer is yes.
Denver Public Schools Sees Highest Academic & Enrollment Growth in Six Years
Denver Public Schools (DPS) announced this week that this school year, 2011-2012, kicked off its highest year in academic and enrollment growth turning around its trend since 2005.
Platform-Based School Development
The 1990s brought charter school laws and the New American Schools Development Corporation—both rooted in the standards-movement and based on the hypothesis that there was a better way to organize schools. New Technology High School opened by the Napa School District in 1996. With its first graduating class, it…
Alison.com is the new Khan Academy, Says Founder Mike Feerick
This week, Paul Glader published an interesting Q&A with Irishman Mike Feerick on his current project, Alison.com, on Wired Academic. According to Feerick, Alison.com is the new Khan Academy - and has more to offer.
NewSchools Presents: Bill Jackson From GreatSchools
New Schools, a venture fund working to transform education by supporting entrepreneurs, released another video today from its Education Entrepreneurs series with opinions, stories and viewpoints from edupreneur Bill Jackson.
Why States Should Contract with Multiple Providers
The Internet has improved the public provision of services in a variety of ways and it is beginning to transform public education. The power of personal digital learning suggests that it doesn’t make sense to limit our children’s opportunity to learn to a local school or geographically defined school…
10+ Articles Responding to Richtel’s NYT Piece On Classroom Tech
This week, Matt Richtel's article "In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores" on The New York Times received a great deal of hype following Tom Vander Ark's rebuttal "Richtel's Rearview Mirror Misses the Mark" on the Huffington Post and Getting Smart.