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The field of education is constantly innovating as schools across the country search for the best ways to improve learning for each student. On the TLA Blog, The Learning Accelerator team and guest experts investigate and help you navigate the latest research, commentary, and useful tools to push the field forward.
Welcome to Today's One Thing: TLA's Teacher-Driven Series on Remote Learning
by Beth Rabbitt on April 1 2020
A core value of The Learning Accelerator (TLA) team is understanding and tapping into the collective intelligence of those on the front lines of teaching to learn and improve together. That’s why we reached out to teachers around the nation to...
Are GIFs the Secret Sauce to Working and Learning Remotely?
by Beth Rabbitt on November 13 2019
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...
Is Technology Good or Bad for Learning?
by Saro Mohammed on May 15 2019
This blog was originally published on the Brookings Brown Center Chalkboard.
I'll bet you’ve read something about technology and learning recently. You may have read that device use enhances learning outcomes. Or perhaps you’ve read that screen...
A Commons for Educator Learning
by Stephen Pham on March 20 2018
This blog was originally posted on Education Week.
One of the most valuable yet scarcest resources we have in our school systems is teacher time. Inundated with countless demands – lesson planning, preparing materials, meeting with families, after...
Teachers and Technology Must Not Be an Either/Or Dichotomy
by Stephen Pham on February 14 2018
This piece was originally posted on EdSurge.
We must either: integrate technology or support teachers; teach traditionally or personalize learning; support districts or support charters; fund edtech or fund schools; individualize learning or...
Building a Team
by Mark Hennes on September 26 2017
"Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work." – Vince Lombardi
In my 26 years in the Army, I held 18 different jobs. Although I enjoyed the highs and lows of every one of them, there was no tougher circumstance than...
Lounge Lessons: Clearing up persistent teacher misconceptions on blended learning
by Juliana Finegan on December 6 2016
Having taught high school and middle school for almost ten years, I still have many friends who are educators and administrators throughout the country. Recently I visited a school and was able to reconnect with some of them, talk about life, and...
Feeding the feedback loop: The value of an uncomfortable conversation
by Chris Borunda on October 28 2014
My list of reasons for admiring educators and school leaders is long, sincere, and quite honestly, a bit mushy. In observing first-hand the daily life of the noblest of fraternities, it’s clear to me that this profession consists of some of the most...