When I started volunteering in my local primary school in 2002, one thing I missed almost immediately was a set of scientific calculators. Over the years, I have taken note of times when such calculators were on some sort of offer in local shops – and have bought a few at a time for the […]

I am a true believer in, and a full supporter of, public education. The trouble is that public education and public schooling have become synonymous. Schooling is one method of education; but it is certainly not the only one and, I argue, not the best one. Until we separate public education from public schooling–to truly […]

There are over 4,000 colleges and universities in the United States, but Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen says that half are bound for bankruptcy in the next few decades. Christensen is known for coining the theory of disruptive innovation in his 1997 book, “The Innovator’s Dilemma.” Since then, he has applied his theory of […]