San Francisco, CA – March 11, 2013 – The Learning Accelerator (TLA), a nonprofit organization based in the Bay Area, has received a $5 million grant from the Jaquelin Hume Foundation to jump start the implementation of blended learning in the nation’s schools. “This is the biggest grant the Foundation has ever made and the […]
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Three Leading Organizations Partner to Release Updated Version of Blended Learning Guide Seattle, Wash. – September 25, 2013 – Digital Learning Now! (DLN), a national initiative under the Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), in association with Getting Smart and The Learning Accelerator (TLA), today released “Blended Learning Implementation Guide Version 2.0.” The updated white
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White Paper Provides Guidance for Edtech Purchasing for District and State Leaders WASHINGTON (January 15, 2014) – Digital Learning Now! (DLN), a national initiative of the Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), today released the 10th white paper in the DLN Smart Series in association with Getting Smart. Titled “Smart Series Guide to Edtech Procurement,”
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THE LEARNING ACCELERATOR ANNOUNCES FIRST DISTRICT-WIDE BLENDED LEARNING PARTNERSHIP WITH REYNOLDSBURG CITY SCHOOLS Cupertino, CA – August 14, 2013 – The Learning Accelerator (TLA), a nonprofit organization supporting the implementation of high-quality blended learning in school districts across America, today announced its first full district-wide implementation with the Reynoldsburg City School District in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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The Learning Accelerator team is excited to announce that we have submitted panel proposals for SXSWedu, a three-day conference held in Austin, Texas in March. The event draws thousands of participants from across the country to engage in meaningful conversation and collaboration around promising practices to improve teaching and learning. Given the conference’s unique focus
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Implementing blended learning effectively is no simple task. School districts need to take several steps: designing strategy, updating infrastructure, procuring hardware and software, increasing professional development, and continuously working to improve the outcomes. At the Learning Accelerator, we’ve come to believe that districts need organizations that can help them do this at scale, which will
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At The Learning Accelerator, we firmly believe that people are a (if not the most) critical component to innovation and improvement in schools. Given this, we’ve been thinking a lot about ways to support staff, particularly teachers, as districts transition to blended learning models. As a first step in identifying our human capital strategy, we’re
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As in most districts, Reynoldsburg City Schools (RCS) is looking to solve the problems associated with: An unlimited range of student needs, paces, and preferences Increasing career and college readiness expectations Limited time and resources The Learning Accelerator (TLA) and RCS are partnering to rethink and address this equation by advancing the district’s blended learning
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There’s a lot of buzz about “blended learning” and its growing impact on the way students learn in the classroom. But what is it really? To help answer this question, three education experts have teamed up to offer a blended learning MOOC—a massive open online course—that explores the different types of blended learning models as
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The school district superintendent had a smile on his face, but his steely grip on the document I was showing him made his intentions clear – he was not giving it back. My last copy of the Blended Learning Implementation Guide was staying with him. While all of my interactions with school leaders over the
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