Michael B. Horn
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Remembering Jonathan Haber, Who Taught So Many to Think Critically
Earnest. Decent. Unassuming.When I think of Jonathan Haber, who died unexpectedly of a heart attack last week, those are the first words that come to ... → Read More
Handshake Takes Aim At LinkedIn With $200 Million Fundraise
“LinkedIn is focused on your past and Handshake's focused on your future,” CEO Garrett Lord said. With $200 million raised as part of its Series F round at a hefty $3.5 billion valuation, Handshake intends to disrupt LinkedIn to transform how people start, jumpstart, and restart their careers. → Read More
Has The Demise Of Colleges Been Greatly Exaggerated?
As Washington Post reporter Nick Anderson shared recently, predictions of college closures have yet to result in a sudden, mass extinction—and, at least to this point, that remains true in the wake of COVID-19 as well. But that's not the end of this story. → Read More
Listening To Teacher Demand: Tracking K–12 Student Needs During COVID-19
As the pandemic has progressed, what students need to make progress has come into sharper focus—even amidst the uncertainty surrounding the election and what lies in store for schools in the winter. DonorsChoose has a unique window into the real-time and granular needs of teachers and students. → Read More
COVID-19’s Long-Term Impacts on Education in 2020 and Beyond
As COVID-19 spreads around the globe and the threat of a recession materializes, most people are focused properly on the immediate task at ... → Read More
Is Algebra Really Necessary?
Education reformers often bemoan that schools never shed programs that are no longer needed or effective. New school initiatives are consequently ... → Read More
Spotlight On Altus Schools And An Antidote To Online Credit Recovery
I’ve visited several schools located in storefronts over the years, but this one made my jaw drop. The facility is pristine, orderly and inspiring. This is a place where anyone would want to work—a professional adult or a student—in stark contrast to most school classrooms. → Read More
Hype, Hope and Humblepie for Predictions About Digital Learning
When “Disrupting Class” was published in 2008, we caused a stir by predicting that by the fall of 2019, 50 percent of all high school courses would be ... → Read More
How to Make District-Wide Innovation Personal—and Collaborative
In some corners of education, personalization is no longer just a buzzword. It’s a bad word.There are many reasons, including a lack of clarity around ... → Read More
How Harvard Hurts Small Colleges
Over a quarter of existing colleges will likely fail—that is, close, merge, or declare bankruptcy—in the next 15 years. Harvard's actions—and those of its peers—will contribute to more college failures over time. → Read More
Will Half Of All Colleges Really Close In The Next Decade?
Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen consistently turns heads in higher education by predicting that 50% of colleges and universities will close or go bankrupt in the next decade. The prediction is directionally correct, as the failure rate is growing across all types of colleges. → Read More
The Rise of Early-Career Enhancers in Education
General Assembly, a bootcamp, will help you master new skills in design, marketing, technology and data—and offer to help you get a job.Udacity, an ... → Read More
Why Google Maps—not Netflix or Amazon—Points to the Future of Education
“He who controls the metaphor controls the debate.” – David GergenAmong the many lessons I learned from my time working for David Gergen, an advisor to ... → Read More
Can online credit recovery recover?
A series of articles in Slate has upped the ante on the mounting evidence that online credit recovery has a rigor problem, even as such programs have become nearly ubiquitous across the country. As the reporter wrote, the practice of offering online credit recovery seems to be “falsely boosting graduation rates” at the expense of rigorous learning experiences for students. What’s sad, and often… → Read More
Can Online Credit Recovery Recover?
A series of articles in Slate has upped the ante on the mounting evidence that online credit recovery has a rigor problem, even as such programs ... → Read More
Without the Right Curriculum, Personalized Learning Is Just Another Fad
More school leaders than ever before are seeking to harness digital tools to personalize learning and to prepare students for life after school, when ... → Read More
Designing to Personalize Learning Successfully – Inspired Ideas –
Blended learning — the use of online learning in brick-and-mortar schools where students have some element of control over the time, place, path and pace of their learning — is growing fast… → Read More
North Carolina’s Digital Success Story
For over a decade, North Carolina has been the site of one of the most sustained, successful initiatives in education: giving all students in all ... → Read More
Not Just Buzzwords: How Teachers Bring Big Ideas, Innovative Practices to Life
As edtech buzzwords new and old swirl, it is easy for educators to get lost among the fads du jour, much less apply the principles behind lofty ideas ... → Read More
The Canary in the Law School Coal Mine
Whittier College’s announcement last Wednesday that it will no longer admit students to its law program makes it the first fully accredited law school in the United States to shut down. There is a good chance it won’t be the last.As Michele Pistone, a law professor at Villanova University, and I wro → Read More