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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: Seeing and Supporting the Whole Student
by Malika Ali on September 2 2021
Malika Ali is a Managing Partner at the Highlander Institute and is responsible for the Institute’s evolving and iterative pedagogical approach to change, as well as program implementation across all classrooms, schools and districts. She is...
Centering Instructional Look Fors: A new implementation tool for personalized learning
by Stephen Pham & Amalia Lopez on November 5 2020
2020 brought immense uncertainties to schools, so it is critical to center the design of any school model on student experiences. That’s why Lindsay Unified School District (LUSD), a small, rural district in central California, is doubling down on...
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...
Looking Back and Looking Forward: Lessons from Lindsay Unified School District
by Beth Holland on April 14 2020
Schools across the country (and around the world) are in the throes of responding to the challenges of remote learning as a result of the novel coronavirus crisis. For the moment, many schools might feel as though they are in survival mode, but...
Supporting All Students: How Blended Learning Works at Bronx Arena Transfer High School
by Daniel Owens on January 22 2018
At TLA, we strive to offer resources for a wide variety of school settings. In our latest school model profile, we are excited to feature our first alternative high school blended learning model, Bronx Arena High School. Traditional school models...