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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.
Blended Learning Data: Moving beyond binary results
by Kevin Hoffman on December 13 2018
“For every 20 minutes a student spent [on our software], their MAP score increased by 2.5 points.”
“Ensure that students see two years of reading growth [if they use our program].”
“Our study has found that use of this math program with fidelity...
Tech or No Tech, Effective Learning is All About Teaching
by Saro Mohammed on November 5 2018
This blog was originally published on the Brookings Institution's Brown Center Chalkboard.
As millions of students head back to school, families are probably wondering if those shiny new devices, apps, and even games that are becoming a typical...
TLA Measurement Fellowship: A new blended teaching assessment tool emerges
by Emily Pulham on September 27 2018
As blended teaching becomes more prevalent throughout the country, leaders in the field are looking for how to measure and assess quality blended teaching skills. As part of my TLA Measurement Fellowship, I distilled the information that I gleaned...
SXSWedu PanelPicker is Live
by Jennifer Wolfe on August 24 2018
The public voting period for SXSWedu is upon us, and we would love your help in bringing The Learning Accelerator back to Austin! Would you mind taking a few minutes to vote for our sessions described below? (If you aren't registered to vote for...
Exciting New Initiatives Provide Hope for Improved Edtech Purchasing Across K-12 Schools
by Daniel Owens on June 25 2018
Education purchasing should be simple, right? If you need some pencils or paper, you can get them at the nearest supply store. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case. We often overlook everything a district needs to buy – from mundane things like...
TLA’s Measurement Fellowship: New knowledge for the field
by Saro Mohammed on May 14 2018
As part of our work to catalyze measurement that increases our evidence base of equitable, effective blended practices, TLA is currently piloting a one-year Fellowship to support research that advances our measurement agenda. Our goal is to help...
Getting Farther, Faster with Personalized Professional Learning
by Zach Desjarlais, Sally Kroon, Patrick Mahaney, Jeff Starr on May 4 2018
Photo courtesy of Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action (CC BY-NC 4.0).
“I am a returning teacher after leaving my own classroom in 2003. So much has changed since I earned my teaching...
Innovative Times Call for Innovative Measures
by Saro Mohammed on April 24 2018
The randomized control trial (RCT) is the best tool education researchers have for understanding cause and effect, but there are times - like in blended learning settings - when this research design is undesirable, infeasible, or both. As I have...
Teachers and Technology Must Not Be an Either/Or Dichotomy
by Stephen Pham on February 14 2018
This piece was originally posted on EdSurge.
We must either: integrate technology or support teachers; teach traditionally or personalize learning; support districts or support charters; fund edtech or fund schools; individualize learning or...
Analysis: Teaching, Technology, Transformation — 5 Ways to Talk (and Think) About Personalized Learning
by Beth Rabbitt on December 28 2017
This piece originally appeared on The 74 Million.
It seems that anytime a blog post, op-ed, or white paper about personalized learning is published, a mighty rift emerges in the field. On one side, skeptics condemn personalization with great zeal...