My forthcoming documentary, Crotty's kids, shows how debate and mentorship improve inner city dropout rates.…
November 07, 2011
Iowa high school online classes offer differing levels of immersion
Most of the computers in the library at Tate High School in Iowa City were occupied at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday,…
July 10, 2011
Education as we know it is finished
School is out, and for most students enjoying their midsummer pleasures, class time is a distant memory.…
June 21, 2011
Districts embracing online credit-recovery options
Interest in online credit-recovery courses continues to surge, prompting some policy experts and educators to…
June 10, 2011
Christensen's classroom coup
Disrupting Class, a new book by Clayton M. Christensen, Michale B. Horn and Curtis W. Johnson, applies…
June 04, 2011
How 'disruptive innovation' will change the way we learn
All students learn differently. Most of us know this intuitively. We learn best through different methods,…
May 05, 2011
Online learning begins to expload into the mainstream in blended schools
This week, Innosight Institute, where I am the executive director of the education practice, released a…