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The biggest barrier to solving early literacy? Our latest guest on Class Disrupted argues that it’s how we scale good instruction without losing sight of relationships. Diane Tavenner and I sat down with @mattpasternack, CEO of @once_reading, an AI-powered software solution for early reading instruction, to explore how schools can dramatically expand access to one-on-one reading support without degrading the quality of instruction.
I’ll be in New York on April 23 co-hosting a small executive dinner with Krishna Kumar, CEO of @simplilearn. One of the more interesting AI-related tensions I’m seeing right now is that AI is advancing faster than most operating models can...
AI isn’t going to fix broken school models—it’s going to expose them. Too often, schools operate as a collection of parts—curriculum, schedules, tools—without a coherent model tying it all together. In this episode of Class Disrupted, Diane Tavenner and Michael Horn sat...
What if AI doesn’t eliminate scarcity—but simply moves it? A growing number of technologists argue that AI will create a world of abundance where human labor is no longer needed. In a recent Future of Education Substack post, I explore why...
I recently joined Kelly Smith, founder of the microschool platform @prendalearn, on his KindlED podcast to talk about where we really are in the arc of education disruption. It’s been more than a decade since Disrupting Class laid out a vision...
The LMS helped colleges adapt to the internet. The question now is whether it can adapt to AI. In the latest episode of @FutureUPodcast, @JSelingo and I welcomed Matthew Pittinsky, who founded @Blackboard and has long been a pioneer in the...
Count me as a strong cosigner of @RbnLake idea of precision learning (not personalized learning - a phrase I've never loved). Optimized learning might be another but precision of course has parallels to health care and the work that Clay...
A credential boom is underway. The hard part now isn’t accessing credentials. It’s finding the ones that actually move people forward. On our most recent episode of @FutureUPodcast, @JSelingo and I spoke with @mattsigelman of The Burning Glass Institute about this...
For more than a century, we’ve organized schools around a simple assumption: one teacher, one classroom. But as Ashley Williams and @BryanHassel of @PublicImpact explained in my recent conversation with them, this organizing principle opens schools up to wide variability...
“Most schools are using AI in a very supplemental way right now—very much the same way they used ed tech.” That’s a quote from @jwdanner founder of @rocketshiped and multiple AI edtech companies talking about the motivation behind his latest venture,...
Much to the chagrin of some here, turns out program design matters more than modality. Exclusive: New Research Strengthens Case for Virtual Tutoring @The74 https://t.co/mH14hkDjeY
“Just say no” isn’t the way to go, argue the founders of the Commons App, Shannon Godfrey and Julia Gustafson. When it comes to educating kids on risk factors like substance use and sexual health, we ensure that students have...
Non-degree credentials are surging in popularity, but are they adding value for the learners that are earning them? To dig into this question, @JSelingo and I sat down with @mattsigelman , CEO of the Burning Glass Institute, a research organization...
