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Which new developments in K–12 education will prove disruptive?

Christensen Institute

This is an interesting time to be involved in K–12 education. It’s a challenging time, for sure, given the learning loss, mental health crisis, and educator burnout that have come in the aftermath of COVID-19. Or will we be looking back in a decade or two astounded by how much K–12 education has been completely transformed?

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3 education innovations to watch in 2024 (hint: it’s not just about skills and AI)

Christensen Institute

Despite these growing proof points, efforts to improve education lean on mental models, theories of change, and investment strategies that routinely ignore the social side of opportunity. I think that’s because in most conversations about education innovation today, skills are the “what”, and tech-enabled efficiency is the “how.”

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We hear you: 3 insights learned from our inaugural education readership survey, and how we’re responding

Christensen Institute

Is our audience engaged, in that we’re communicating on topics of interest and relevance? These are the critical questions the Christensen Institute’s education team aimed to answer in its inaugural readership survey, conducted February 1-15, and which received 92 responses. Who comprises our audience?

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New value networks: The missing piece in the K–12 disruption equation

Christensen Institute

Disruptive innovations need three enablers: a technology, an organizational model, and a value network. In K–12 education, it’s hard to find value networks that can support new organizational models. It was also rooted in the theory of Disruptive Innovation—a pattern that had borne out across many sectors. Key points.

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Connection over content: A new era for education technology

Christensen Institute

The pandemic cast education technology (edtech) into a starring — and some might argue above-its-paygrade — role in education. Although by no means perfect, before the pandemic, technologies in education had been steadily improving for decades. Learning skills and acquiring knowledge are cornerstones of education.

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Innovating in the midst of chaos and disruption

Jeffrey Phillips

But, as you are well aware, this is not a blog about poetry, but a blog about innovation. Waiting for chaos or disruptions to end before adapting loses ground in two dimensions. First, you don't learn during the chaos if you don't engage the chaos. The poem is an ode to confidence in yourself, especially in trying times.

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Innovation in action: Taking lessons, programs, and assessments online

Christensen Institute

As the pandemic accelerated growth in the online education space, major accrediting organizations and exam boards turned their attention to online learning and to experienced online schools, like King’s InterHigh , to source expertise and partnership. Accreditations by EdExcel, Pearson, and Cambridge International soon followed.