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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.
How can we help? 5 ways to shift in-person professional development online
by Juliana Finegan on April 6 2020
Great professional developers, trainers, and coaches lean on a variety of face-to-face tools and supports when working with teachers in person. Through actions like whispering in a participant’s ear to give specific guidance, “reading the room” and...
Week 1 – Today's One Thing for Teachers: Building Connections
by Bianca Dávila on April 1 2020
Find all installments of Today's One Thing on our Blended & Personalized Learning at Work site.This week, we’ll be launching our series with a focus on building connections through technology. Maintaining connections is a key, research-based...
Addressing Equity with High-Quality Instructional Materials: Learnings from Virginia
by Jeremy Jones on March 3 2020
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...
Open Educational Resources: An Urgent Priority
by Beth Rabbitt on March 2 2020
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...
TLA's Hopes for 2020
by The Learning Accelerator Team on January 31 2020
TLA heads into 2020 working towards a world in which each student receives the effective, equitable, and engaging education they need to reach their full and unique potential. As we connect educators, and the people that support them, with the...
Research Community @ DLAC
by Saro Mohammed on May 2 2019
This post was originally published on the Digital Learning Collaborative blog.
The inaugural Digital Learning Annual Conference (DLAC) took place on April 1-3, 2019, and one of the highlights of the event for me was the prominent and focused...
Digital Citizenship: Focusing on the what, why, and how
by Nyree Copeland-Whyte on April 17 2019
The call to teach digital citizenship has been heard by schools around the world, yet there are a few schools who question the value, purpose, and position of teaching digital citizenship within the classroom. Many of those questions stem from a...
Leading Innovation? You'll Need These Six Skills
by Juliana Finegan on August 21 2018
In June 2018, The Learning Accelerator (TLA) launched the Innovation Directors Network (IDN), a small but powerful group of school system leaders. These individuals sit at the nexus of academic and operational change, leading efforts to seed, test,...
How an Injury Made Me a More Accessibility-Focused Digital Citizen
by Samantha Artukovich on July 11 2018
I’ve been fortunate to live most of my web-browsing life as an able-bodied person. I’ve never encountered any difficulties being able to find, see, and otherwise experience online content, which is crucial in an age where people are so likely to...
Timely Reflections from SXSWedu
by Daniel Owens on March 16 2017
Having spent last week at SXSWedu 2017, I walked away from the conference exhausted, but also inspired by many of my interactions. Four years ago, SXSWedu was the first education technology conference I attended, and while I thought it was...