Education Next – Michael B. Horn
“No, this isn’t another piece about how online learning can allow students to continue to learn even when school is canceled because of snow—although online learning could arguably help a select number of parents who can work from home solve the problem faced when this happens. Instead this is a piece about how important physical brick-and-mortar schools are in our communities and why, even as online learning grows, those schools likely won’t be going away. The insight is one reason why the future for most K–12 schools and students is in blended learning. As yet another snowfall battered New England on the heels of the Patriots’ Super Bowl victory, my Facebook feed featured messages from parents bemoaning another snow day—and, presumably, the challenges it posed to them for finding child care or keeping their kids occupied productively.”(more)