Rewriting Paradigms

Who are your learning heroes? Is it a former teacher from elementary school? Someone you’ve read about making a difference in today’s embattled world of K-12? Or maybe a MOOC innovator within higher ed? Think no further. I have some nominees for you: Maya Gat Kara Carpenter Mike Zamansky Who are they, and how did they get on this list? Let me set it up for you. Then I’ll get into the details. Why Teacherpreneurship? There’s a lot of new terminology that has come out of the in

What do you think our greatest improvements have been in the educational sector in the past couple of years? Has it been the number of students graduating high school? Has it been the technology introduced to support teachers in the classroom? Is it the growth of online learning expanding the footprint of higher education beyond the ivory tower? Could it be the evolving business model under which we operate? To really address the issue of improvements, I’d propose that we ask

In my last post, I asked people to “Imagine a School without Teachers” in order to examine some of the current challenges to the profession. Some interesting conversation came out of that post, with people actually speculating a school without teachers, or some variation of that theme. It’s safe to say that with the ever evolving technology, there are great opportunities for technology-assisted learning to support both classroom instruction and personalized learning in any en

This weekend, the drive along the New York State Thruway was full of wind, ice and snow. It was challenging to keep the windows clear, and the road was so bumpy that I thought maybe I had blown a tire. Or two. I was escorting my high school senior to another college audition, and we had already laughed about how this was the perfect time to see the school, in the worst weather conditions possible. We arrived safely, and the next morning made it to campus and a welcoming recep