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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.
A Personalized Journey: Three lessons learned from school redesign
by Kristen Watkins on March 21 2019
“How might we redesign school to better meet the needs of each student?” We posed this question to educators in the Dallas Independent School District back in 2014 with the hope of bringing together like-minded educators who wanted to redefine...
Seven Top Decisions For Leaders Scaling Innovation
by Ellie Avishai, Beth Rabbitt on June 28 2018
This blog was originally posted on Education Next.
Networks of schools across the country are increasingly using more personalized and blended learning strategies to create equitable access to high-quality instruction, increase student engagement...
Structure Helps Promote Student Agency
by Rob Schwartz, Jeffrey Starr on May 16 2018
This blog first appeared on EdWeek’s Next Gen Learning in Action column.
At Silicon Schools Fund we invest in schools that take new approaches to education. We recently wrote that many schools are starting to create flex time periods during the...
Ensuring a Return on Instruction
by Eric C. Sheninger, Thomas C. Murray on February 12 2018
A portion of the following is an excerpt from the new ASCD book, Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, Today.
For decades, school leaders have discussed “the need” to integrate technology. The problem with these conversations...