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Building Resilience, Tackling Cancel Culture, Catalyzing Change
It’s not novel to note the increasing numbers of college students battling significant mental-health challenges. Roughly one fifth of adolescents, ages…
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Michael B. Horn
Exploring the Impact of AI in Education with PowerSchool's CEO & Chief Product Officer
Listen now (22 mins) | With just under 10 acquisitions in the last 5 years, PowerSchool has been active in transforming itself from a student…
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Michael B. Horn
The Power of New Value Networks in Revolutionizing Education Systems
Listen now (43 mins) | Readers of this newsletter know that a little while back I published a piece titled “Why System Transformation Is Likely a Pipe…
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Michael B. Horn
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Demise of the Pac-12, Campus Spending, and DeSantis at Yale
Future U. is back for its seventh season! In our welcome-back episode, Jeff Selingo and I dove into the deep end by talking through several higher-ed…
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Michael B. Horn
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As Students Struggle, Here's a Policy Playbook for School Innovation
As educators, policymakers, and the media fret that the unprecedented levels of federal investment in our nation’s schools during the pandemic haven’t…
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Michael B. Horn
Exploring the Power of Theory in Action: Unleashing Innovation at Outschool.org
Listen now (30 mins) | As Clay Christensen always said, despite its reputation, a good theory is a very practical tool. It helps you to decide what…
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Michael B. Horn
August 2023
Searching for Signs of Hope and Reinvention as Summer Sets and Schools Reopen
It’s easy to find reasons for despair given the stickiness of the status quo in an education system that isn’t working well writ large for any of the…
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Michael B. Horn
Turning a Corner in Learning on the Job
Listen now (37 mins) | I’m more and more interested in how employees are navigating their career pathways and how they learn to keep up with the…
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Kindling Learning
Listen now (26 mins) | Kelly Smith, an entrepreneur and founder of one of the hottest microschool networks, Prenda, joined me to talk about his new…
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Lowering Costs and Increasing Value for Students, Institutions, and Taxpayers
My testimony before the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment
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What Defines a Next-Gen High School?
Listen now (44 mins) | As students, parents, and policymakers question the purpose of high schools, educators worldwide are building novel secondary…
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Michael B. Horn
Higher Ed Spending Problem Demands Attention No Matter Court’s Opinion
Note: Scott Pulsipher, president of Western Governors University, and I published this piece on Forbes two days before the Supreme Court overturned…
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