The Histories of Education Technology

I asked over on Hack Education for folks to help me think of books about the history of education. I got a lot of suggestions, although almost none of them were works of history. I did not realize it was such a confusing genre. (It's not like I asked something...

I’ve made some changes to this site, most obviously updating the header image. Thanks to Bryan Mathers. (Why a pigeon? You can read more here.) Those who look closely will also note that I have also changed the copyright information. No longer is there a Creative Commons license on Hack...

I have updated “The History of the Gates Foundation” timeline to reflect this year’s statements from Bill Gates about how the organization’s education efforts are “evolving.” I’ve also updated the totals for the grant money it distributed this year: $235 million. You can see the list of these grants at...

I have updated my “History of Pearson” timeline with the events from 2017. None of these seem to bode particularly well for the education giant. Indeed, I’m not sure how much longer the phrase “world’s biggest education company” will be applicable to Pearson. (Although as I type that, I’m not...

I’ve made another timeline, this one documenting “The History of the Gates Foundation.” At first, I’d planned to just outline some of the major events that underscored the Gates’ efforts to reshape education policy in the United States, but the project has grown a bit larger than that. Although the...

I've created a new subdomain in order to store the timelines I'm building for the history of various education technology companies and organizations.