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What is Disruptive Thinking?

Destination Innovation

Disruptive thinking challenges conventional approaches, fosters radical ideas and can lead to transformative innovations. Disruptive thinking can apply across various fields, including technology, art, business, healthcare, education, and social innovation. It is intended to start a revolution.

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Selective universities won’t be disrupted

Christensen Institute

Just over a decade ago, Clayton Christensen and I predicted that serious challenges were coming to higher education. Not only will the top selective undergraduate programs likely be OK, but they almost certainly won’t be “disrupted” at all. Understanding a few aspects of Disruptive Innovation Theory will help illustrate why.

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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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Are microschools the future of education?

Christensen Institute

Unlike their giant predecessors that needed large blast furnaces to process raw ore, minimills made new steel products by melting scrap steel using a new technology called the electric arc furnace. They often have students of mixed age groups and one or two educators who facilitate the learning experiences. So what’s the takeaway?

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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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Embracing the Future: The Transformation of Education through AI and EdTech — Part 2

Daniel Burrus

In part 1 of this article, we diagnosed a reality of many digital disruptions, especially those pertaining to AI and automation in the education industry: Technology will NOT replace humans, but only give them a greater opportunity to leverage their tactile, human skills to find new roles in the world.

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As education choice grows, expect more school unbundling, but no great unbundling

Christensen Institute

Every few years it seems that hype grows around the possibilities of unbundling education. The latest fuel is the emergence of at least 14 states with education savings accounts (ESA) programs that allow families to pay for a variety of educational programs and supports from public funds.

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