Our principals are required to be exceptional in a lot of facets of executive leadership. Foundational among these skills is the ability to create, articulate, and execute on a vision of excellence for teaching and learning. Vision is a crucial condition for success in a school. More and more school leaders are realizing that to […]
A Vision of Success Is Key to OER Adoption: Resources to Support Leaders Read More »
In total, there are 98 Launch Districts and 23 Ambassador Districts in the #GoOpen initiative, a nationwide Office of Ed Tech campaign to support school districts adopting and implementing Open Educational Resources (OER). A Launch District makes the following commitments: Identifying a team of leaders who can apply best practices for their implementation of OER
Since its launch in 2015, the #GoOpen initiative has expanded discussion, networking opportunities, and resources for states and school districts across the country seeking new ways to build curricular resources. The motives for “going open” range from abandoning the traditional textbook adoption cycle to personalizing curricula for students. Regardless, it is clear that there is
Addressing Equity with High-Quality Instructional Materials: Learnings from Virginia Read More »
Every child deserves a highly effective and equitable education that equips them with the mastery of rigorous academic standards, mindset, and other non-academic capacities they need to reach their full and unique potential. Engaging, rigorous curriculum — that is, the “what, why, how, and when” of student learning — and the instructional materials needed to
Open Educational Resources: An Urgent Priority Read More »
As any school or system leader knows, the work of improvement and innovation can be hard and lonely stuff. Pursuing change to implement any approach requires significant focus and effort, leaving little time to seek and connect with others who may be tackling similar challenges. It’s for this reason that networking leader learning has become
Cultivating Networks for Success and Scale: The Launch of TLA Network 2020 Read More »
Before we head into a brand new year, we’re taking time to reflect on the innovation and achievement in education we’ve had the opportunity to witness in 2019. The TLA team and guest experts highlighted exciting work on our blog throughout this past year. In case you missed out the first time around, here are
TLA’s Top Blogs of 2019 Read More »
This blog was originally published on EdSurge. When new colleagues start work at The Learning Accelerator (TLA), they’re often surprised that one of the first “required” organizational readings is actually a 2014 video called “Conference Call in Real Life.” It humorously manages to cover the slightly charming but, more so, annoying aspects of remote work,
Are GIFs the Secret Sauce to Working and Learning Remotely? Read More »
In the world of school improvement and innovation, where we ask communities of teachers to change how they are working to better support each student, adult learning is a (if not THE) critical lever for change. For this reason, we’ve focused on teacher training and professional learning at TLA since our founding, seeking to build
Personalizing Learning for Educators: Measuring What Works Read More »
At The Learning Accelerator (TLA), we’re looking for an amazing program leader of research and measurement. Our small but mighty and mission-driven team envisions a future in which each student receives an effective, equitable, and engaging education – one that is informed by data and supported by technology – enabling them to reach their full
We’re Looking for Our Next Team Member Read More »
This blog was originally published on EdSurge. In 2017, at the end of our third year of implementing personalized learning at Dallas ISD, our central personalized learning team conducted a series of stepback meetings with school leaders. We wanted to learn their biggest concerns around implementation, along with what was and wasn’t working for them.
If Personalized Learning Is Going to Work, Teacher Onboarding Must Improve. Here’s How. Read More »
