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This week, David sat down with Michael Horn, an award-winning author of several books, including the national bestseller, Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career; teaches at the Harvard Graduate School of Education; and co-founded the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, a non-profit think tank. He strives to create a world in which all individuals can build their passions, fulfill their potential, and live a life of meaning through his writing, speaking, and work with a portfolio of education organizations.
Michael is also the author of From Reopen to Reinvent: (Re)creating School for Every Child; Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns; Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools; Choosing College; and Goodnight Box, a children’s story. He cohosts the top education podcasts Future U and Class Disrupted and writes the Substack newsletter The Future of Education. Michael also serves as an executive editor at Education Next, is a contributor to Forbes, and his work has been featured in outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and NBC. His 2024 Harvard Business Review article, “Why Employees Quit,” won the 2025 Warren Bennis award for the best HBR article on leadership. Michael serves on the board and advisory boards of a range of education organizations, including Imagine Worldwide and Minerva University.
He was selected as a 2014 Eisenhower Fellow to study innovation in education in Vietnam and Korea. Michael holds a BA in history from Yale University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Episode Overview
In this episode, we sit down with education thought leader and "intellectual entertainer" Michael Horn, co-author of Disrupting Class and co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute. Together, we dive deep into the rapidly growing microschool movement, the evolution of personalized learning, and how new technologies like AI are shaping the future of K–12 education.
Michael shares his unique perspective on the balance between innovation and regulation, the impact of Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), and why small-scale, community-driven education models might just be the ultimate answer to student engagement and success.
Key Takeaways & Highlights
- The Rise of Microschools: Why right now is the best time in decades to be an education entrepreneur.
- Regulation vs. Innovation: Navigating the fine line between policy oversight, accountability, and preserving the freedom that makes small learning communities thrive.
- The "Navigation Layer" for Families: The growing need to help parents curate personalized educational journeys from an increasing menu of options.
- AI as an Assessment Tool: How artificial intelligence can act as a supportive "listening agent" to evaluate skill mastery, grit, and critical thinking in real time—without heavy-handed testing.
- Screen Time & Balanced Models: Exploring the healthy tension between AI-driven, high-tech learning and tech-free, nature- or farm-based microschools.
- Education Savings Accounts (ESAs): How unlocking public funding for families creates a disruptive, consumer-driven market while giving low- and middle-income families better access to tailored education.
Connect with Michael Horn
- Substack: Future of Education
- Website: michaelbhorn.com
- Podcast: Class Disrupted (Co-hosted with Diane Tavenner)
- Social Media: Connect on X/Twitter or LinkedIn @MichaelBHorn
