Worries over the United States’s economic competitiveness in the future come from all quarters. In his op-ed titled “Taking On The World” in the April 5, 2008 Wall Street Journal, Michael Malone makes an interesting argument about how much stiffer this competition will become as more people in the world become true players in the […]
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According to eSchool News, a June 10th report released by the two teachers’ unions, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), show that after a decade of investment in technology, teachers still don’t feel comfortable incorporating it into their lesson plans.
Although educators have plenty of access to computers and the […]
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In an article in the April 2nd, 2008 issue of Education Week, Andrew Zucker writes about how all too often we have a simplistic view of educational technology. He writes, “either it’s the greatest approach to education ever invented or it’s a waste of money. … Instead of taking sides, we should think about how […]
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I recently visited the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School in Dorchester, Mass. It’s a fascinating place—and not at all what one would expect to see in the middle of Dorchester.
It’s one of these schools that provides a laptop for every child; there are no textbooks. But how the students use the laptops is what […]
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Voice of America ran a report about Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns on June 18, 2008. The report, written by Nancy Steinbach and titled “Book Predicts Jump in High School Courses Online” gives a high-level summary of how technology is moving schools to a student-centric form of learning.
In […]
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A press release was issued today announcing the launch of the book Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns. Coauthored by Innosight Institute cofounders Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn along with Curtis W. Johnson, the book was published by McGraw-Hill in June 2008.
The press release is available on […]
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Innosight Institute cofounder Clayton M. Christensen spoke with Business Week about transforming education through disruptive innovation. You can find the podcast here.
In the interview, the coauthor of Disrupting Class talks about how schools can cater to children who learn differently as well as how the United States can improve its system.
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Forbes.com published an excerpt from Disrupting Class online. You can visit it here.
In the excerpt, the authors Clayton M. Christensen, Michael B. Horn, and Curtis W. Johnson give examples of how disruptive innovations are already making their ways into schools to transform them. Specifically, they give case examples of Apex Learning and Florida Virtual […]
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A Forum on Disruptive Innovation in Healthcare, Hosted by Innosight Institute
July 10th, 2008 from 8:30 am to 6:30 pm at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Mass.
Visit http://innosightinstitute.org/2008hcforum/ for more information.
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Clayton M. Christensen, Michael B. Horn, and Curtis W. Johnson authored the back-page commentary for the June 4, 2008 issue of Education Week. Titled “How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way We Learn,” you can read the article here.
The article gives a broad overview of a few of the major themes from their recently-published book, […]
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