The Future of Education

Michael Horn

We're living during an amazing opportunity to transform learning worldwide so that all individuals can achieve their full potential. In this newsletter, Michael B. Horn analyzes key news & trends in education through the prism of innovation.

Created 26 Mar 2020

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Our 100th Episode of Future U
01 May 2022 • 4 0
Five seasons ago, shortly after doing a three-hour stand-up session together for the trustees at Bellevue University in Nebraska, Jeff Selingo and I launched our Future U. podcast. Over 99 episodes, w...
Behind the Platform that has fueled over 1 Million Homeschoolers
29 Apr 2022
John Edelson, president and founder of Time4Learning, joined me to talk about the durability of the spike in homeschooling since the start of the pandemic and what lessons educators and schools can le...
MasterClass, Outlier.org Founder On Higher Ed Access and Amazon Partnership
28 Apr 2022
Aaron Rasmussen, the founder and CEO of Outlier.org and cofounder of MasterClass, joined me to talk about his solution for helping expand access and affordability in higher education, his company's re...
Embedding Computational Thinking Through Schooling
27 Apr 2022
Amber Oliver has been leading the Robin Hood Learning+Tech Fund since it began its grant-making. The Fund has been at the forefront of helping students build their literacy skills through knowledge-ri...
Embedding Computational Thinking Through Schooling
25 Apr 2022
Amber Oliver has been leading the Robin Hood Learning+Tech Fund since it began its grant-making. The Fund has been at the forefront of helping students build their literacy skills through knowledge-ri...
To Beat the Teacher Shortage, Look to What Motivates Educators
20 Apr 2022
Teacher shortages are mounting in certain districts and in certain subjects. Across 100 large urban districts, 61 report instructional staffing shortages, according to the Center for Reinventing Publi...
American Higher Education Is Diverse But Not Differentiated
14 Apr 2022 • 7 4
“Higher education is diverse but not differentiated.” So said Northeastern University’s President Joseph Aoun before a crowd at Northeastern University, on the first stop of the Future U. Campus Tour....
The Rise of Reach University and Job-Embedded Learning
13 Apr 2022
Mallory Dwinal, founder of Reach University, joined me to talk about the new accredited institution she started. In the episode, we talked about just what is job-embedded learning, how does Reach Univ...
If humans are interdependent, why is medical training modular?
10 Apr 2022 • 6 0
Photo by Nhia Moua on Unsplash Since the mid-1800s, the clinical component of medical education has been focused on the hospital setting. As a result, we have grounded how we teach—and what people lea...
Law School Applicants Should State Their Cases on the First Amendment
06 Apr 2022
This column appeared originally in the New York Sun. In the battle over free speech on campuses the time is right for law schools to take a proactive step — by modifying their admissions process so th...
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