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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.
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...
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...
Leveraging the Urgency of ‘Now:’ Fostering Remote Family Engagement to Identify and Address Student Needs
by Keri Randolph on October 7 2021
At Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS), we are committed to ensuring every student is known, cared for, and respected. This ethos became a guiding light for the ways in which we designed our strategies and supports for our school community during...
Adult Learning Culture: An Underrated Ingredient for Success in Uncertain Times
by Chelsea Waite & Beth Rabbitt on September 16 2021
This blog was originally published on Next Generation Learning Challenges.
A recent ASCD article confronted an uncomfortable reality: the COVID-19 pandemic is likely not the only major interruption to K–12 schooling in our lifetimes. Contemplating...
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...
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...
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 does remote DEI look like for you?
by Stephen Pham on April 7 2021
This article was originally posted on Medium.
Back in 2019, The Learning Accelerator (TLA) partnered with six other remote organizations based in education to form the Remote DEI Collective (RDC), a community of practice focused on the...