Posts by Tom Vander Ark

The Good School Promise

ConnCan is probably the most effective state-based education advocacy organization.  Education policy is particularly complicated in CT with a legacy of strong local control (e.g., the state provides less than 40% of…

College in High School

1. The conversation we should have with every 8th grader In his state of the union message, President Obama challenged Americans to get at…

Investing in Innovation

In the long run, it’s all about innovation—that’s true for our economy and our schools. Tom Friedman makes the case for innovation investment in addition to the bailouts:…

Leadership Challenge: Execution & Innovation

Over the next decade education will migrate from print-centric batch-processing to personal digital learning services (see www.disruptingclass.com). This transition will result from a combination of…