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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.
Hit Pause: 3 Steps to Bring Humanity into Decision-Making Processes This Summer
by Kelly Cole, Deraan Washington, & Nate Kellogg on July 15 2021
Inside the word "emergency" is "emerge;" from an emergency new things come forth. The old certainties are crumbling fast, but danger and possibility are sisters. - Rebecca Solnit
“Unprecedented” has become the oft-used term to describe this...
Four Safeguards for Schools to Make Equity Work Stick
by Kelly Cole, Deraan Washington, & Nate Kellogg on July 7 2021
In response to the ways COVID-19 highlighted inequities in their schools, a small team of district leaders at Austin Independent School District embarked on a process to redesign elements of their teaching and learning to make school work better for...
Parabola Project: Free resources bridging education and health for school leaders
by Jin-Soo Huh & Roshni Lakhi on March 23 2021
The Learning Accelerator is excited to share a newly redesigned website for the Parabola Project, which provides evidence-informed tools to help school leaders identify options for school reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Parabola Project...
Every education leader deserves expert coaching to manage through and beyond COVID-19
by Beth Rabbitt on February 24 2021
Every education leader deserves expert coaching to manage through and beyond COVID-19: Here’s what we learned from trying to deliver on this vision
When schools abruptly closed for in-person learning last spring, hundreds of thousands of district...
Tools for School Financial Planning During COVID
by Nithi Thomas on January 29 2021
In the spring of 2020, The Learning Accelerator (TLA), a national nonprofit, launched the Always Ready for Learning (ARL) Coaching Network, a partnership among 13 education coaching organizations to provide K-12 leaders with pro-bono, customized...
Communicating Through Change: How a CA District Is Supporting Families in the Year Ahead
by Kira Keane on October 21 2020
This post was originally published on EdSurge.
This article, written by TLA Managing Partner Kira Keane, emphasizes the importance of communicating with families through periods of rapid change, particularly as schools work to navigate their...
Introducing TLA's Leader-Driven Series on Remote Learning
by Jeremy Jones on April 21 2020
Over the next few months, The Learning Accelerator will be designing resources, curating conversations, and engaging with school leaders like we’ve never done before. We’ll be doing this through the launch of a companion to our “One Thing” for...
Cultivating Networks for Success and Scale: The Launch of TLA Network 2020
by Beth Rabbitt on February 20 2020
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...
Planting Trees Under Which You May Never Sit: The long-term work of school transformation
by Karen Perry on April 11 2019
“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” – Nelson Henderson
Transforming schools and districts from industrial models to student-centered ones is bold, noble, worthy work that requires a sustained...
So You Want to Innovate? Remember to Communicate
by Kira Keane on January 10 2019
Schools across the country are transforming education by embracing innovation and breaking out of the traditional paradigms of time, place, and pace. Teachers are blending in-person instruction with technology to differentiate lessons, using...