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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.
Emily Park: Supporting TLA and Personalized Education
by Hali Larkins on June 23 2021
COVID-19 brought about many unanticipated disruptions and forced us to find new ways of engaging, connecting, learning, and supporting one another. This was especially true for high school seniors whose final year looked nothing like they had...
Big Ideas from Hop, Skip, Leapfrog: Advancing Mastery-Based Policies Post-COVID-19
by Karla Phillips-Krivickas on June 14 2021
Karla Phillips-Krivickas is the senior policy director for KnowledgeWorks and founder of Inclusive Strategies. A long-time advocate for innovation and personalization, especially on behalf of students with disabilities, Karla works with federal,...
What Has Emerged: Introducing the Hop, Skip, Leapfrog Project
by Beth Rabbitt on May 5 2021
“Inside the word ‘emergency’ is ‘emerge’; from an emergency new things come forth.” – Rebecca Solnit
As the K-12 education community closes out one of the most exceptional school years in recent history, we’re asking a lot of questions about...
The pandemic forced many to change how they teach the arts. What can we learn from them?
by Beth Rabbitt on May 3 2021
Few of us would argue that engaging students in the arts — visual, music, dance — is an important part of school. It’s well documented that arts engagement supports academic and social development, but with competing demands on time and budgets,...
In person, remote, and hybrid – oh my! Engaging and supporting students – no matter where they are along the road.
by Jin-Soo Huh & Roshni Lakhi on April 26 2021
Looking for ways to assess your students equitably despite their physical locations? With more districts moving to some variation of in-person and remote learning (e.g., hybrid, simultaneous learning, concurrent learning, Zoom-and-Room, and...
What We Learned from the Strategy Lab
by Strategy Lab on March 2 2021
Reflections from our work with seven districts during the pandemic
In our work to support seven school systems from the Strategy Lab through the Real-Time Redesign process, we encountered three powerful takeaways about what it means to advance...
Where Real-Time Redesign Originated: Always Ready for Learning Strategy Lab
by Strategy Lab on March 2 2021
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Learning Accelerator, along with Bellwether Education Partners, created a new networked learning community focused on equity and resiliency called the Strategy Lab. The nine-month, pro bono, cohort-based...
Barriers, Challenges, and Empathy in Fostering Broadband Access
by Beth Holland on February 19 2021
This piece was originally published on ShapingEDU: Part 1, Part 2.
In this two-part series, TLA Partner Beth Holland shares the insights gleaned from her research into digital equity for students across the United States.
Dr. Holland underscores...
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...
Are You Ready? Real-World Support for Reopening
by Jin-Soo Huh on October 22 2020
The Parabola Project is a unique, cross-sector initiative that brings together education expertise from The Learning Accelerator and public health expertise from Ariadne Labs. The project rapidly identifies, develops, and shares strategies to...