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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.
Ryan Mick: A Conversation on Equity-Driven Leadership
by Lacey Gonzales on July 13 2022
Ryan Mick joins The Learning Accelerator in the newly created role of Chief Program Officer, tasked with managing the execution, improvement, and development of TLA’s core programs while orchestrating a compelling vision for our next phase of...
Our Response to the Uvalde, TX Shooting
by Beth Rabbitt on May 25 2022
At TLA, we work to ensure every child gets the education they need to reach their full and unique potential. This vision is simply impossible in a world where our students and educators cannot learn and work together without the looming threat and...
Introducing the First Cohort of TLA’s Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid Network
by Rashida Kimbrue Major on April 20 2022
The Learning Accelerator (TLA) is proud to introduce the first of three Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid cohorts, a new year-long, pro bono, cohort-based learning experience for traditional school systems with a virtual or hybrid school. Through an...
Welcoming the Newest TLA Team Members
by Samantha Artukovich on February 15 2022
As The Learning Accelerator closed out 2021 and welcomed a new year, we also got to celebrate the addition of several new teammates to the organization. These team members – with decades of experience, notable accomplishments, and demonstrated...
Applications Now Open to Join TLA’s Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid Learning
by Nate Kellogg on December 1 2021
Last month, we announced an exciting new project at TLA, our Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid Learning opportunity for districts and school systems across the United States. Today, we are excited to share that applications are now open for any...
Announcing TLA’s Virtual and Hybrid Learning Strategy Lab
by Beth Rabbitt & Nate Kellogg on November 17 2021
The Learning Accelerator is excited to announce a new cohort-based learning opportunity for districts across the country to explore how virtual and hybrid capabilities can advance equitable, personalized, and accelerated learning for students.
As...
Big Ideas from Hop, Skip, Leapfrog: How to Navigate a Once-in-a-Generation Equity Moment
by Chong-Hao Fu on August 25 2021
Chong-Hao Fu is the Chief Executive Officer of Leading Educators, which “partners with school systems to build and sustain the conditions, teaching, and leadership to ensure that the students furthest from opportunity succeed in school and in life.”...
Introducing TLA's Leadership Podcast Series: What Will We Take With Us?
by Samantha Artukovich on August 11 2021
From the onset and through the ongoing duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the United States had to quickly pivot and adjust to rapidly changing conditions. Dealing with circumstances never before experienced, educators, school...
TLA's DEI Principles: Committing to Action
by Beth Rabbitt on July 21 2021
While school is technically “out,” educators across the country are hard at work reflecting on the past and planning for the future. From catching up on essential reading, to taking over whiteboards in quiet district offices, to piloting changes...
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...