Blogs - Category: Quality Education & Learning

Welcome to the new Expert Blog Series! We have gathered some of the industry's brightest minds to discuss challenges and seek innovation around APS education quality, policy and impact investing. We hope you enjoy the discussions and invite you share your thoughts, comments or suggestions on topics of interest.

Where Does One’s Joy End and The Other’s Begin?

May 18, 2010

My son Gus and I were fishing, wading the flats in Belize. In one shallow spot, we watched a large school of bonefish cruise the pool in front of us. The rhythm of the collective movement was extraordinary. Gus explained, "The fish have latera

Developing a School Chain Brand for Affordable Private Schools

Aug 09, 2010

I think that one of the most stimulating developments in market- based/entrepreneurial solutions in affordable private education is the emergence of chains of low cost private schools. After I wrote the prize winning essay ‘Educating Amaretch

The Challenge of Finding Entrepreneurs

Aug 16, 2010

It should be blindingly obvious – a market with millions of children, thousands of schools and the possibility of having tremendous impact. You’ve read elsewhere about how incredibly important external support beyond the school’s

Crowd-sourcing Social Innovation

Aug 23, 2010

A few weeks ago I met with an entrepreneur who started an Affordable Private School (APS) in Hyderabad, India. He had beautifully painted murals decorating his space, with images and English words – like giant flash cards demonstrating that,

Will Parents Pay?

Sep 02, 2010

You don’t have to be an educator to recognize that any intervention to improve the quality of education is going to take time; an investment in teacher training, for example, is not going to have immediate results. For that reason, improving

Where do you begin?

Jan 27, 2011

[This blog is part of the "Innovate to Educate" blog series.] Upon first arriving at my school I took stock of what was in front of me: passionate, friendly teachers that were generally not educated past 12th standard; s

Developing the reading habit in children

Feb 03, 2011

[This blog is part of the "Innovate to Educate" blog series.] Grace Model School, where I work as an IDEX fellow, started an evening library for students and other children in October 2010. Our library is operated by stu

Waiting For The World To Change

Feb 15, 2011

[This blog is a guest contribution on the "Policy Potluck" blog series.] A few months back I went to see Waiting for Superman, the new documentary by Davis Guggenheim about the tragic state of the U.S. school system. The film

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