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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.
Big Ideas from Hop, Skip, Leapfrog: Effectively Shifting Professional Development (PD) During a Pandemic
by Sarah Johnson on August 3 2021
Dr. Sarah Johnson is the CEO of Teaching Lab. She is passionate about strengthening outcomes for students by improving professional development for teachers. Teaching Lab strives to fundamentally shift the paradigm of teacher professional learning...
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...
With Remote Professional Learning, The Opportunities Are Boundless
by Juliana Finegan on January 13 2021
This post was originally published on Getting Smart. Ever since March 2020, many educators have felt as though they've been thrown into the "deep end" with little to nothing to hold onto. The rapid shift to remote learning forced teachers to...
School Leaders: Four Focus Areas for the Fall
by Beth Holland on September 30 2020
This piece was originally published on Edutopia.
This article, written by TLA Partner Beth Holland, outlines the research done by The Learning Accelerator (TLA) in partnership with Lindsay Unified School District (LUSD) to gain insight into remote...
Blog: Introducing the Always Ready for Learning Strategy Lab
by Nate Kellogg & Lauren Schwartze on July 24 2020
The Learning Accelerator (TLA), in partnership with Bellwether Education Partners, is excited to announce the launch of the Always Ready for Learning Strategy Lab, a new networked learning community to accelerate the development of school system...
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...
If Personalized Learning Is Going to Work, Teacher Onboarding Must Improve. Here’s How.
by Kristen Watkins on September 13 2019
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...
Are You Ready for Some New Teachers?: Resources for onboarding new teachers to innovative models
by Juliana Finegan on August 8 2019
August is here, and in education that means one thing: the first day of school is near! With the start of school on the horizon, school and system leaders around the country are working to design and plan content and experiences that will prepare,...