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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.
TLA Is Looking for a Data Analyst to Join Our Small but Mighty Team
by Michela Marini on December 3 2018
The Learning Accelerator (TLA) is launching an 18-month partnership with a leading performance-based school system to support the district’s use of evidence across its adult-facing initiatives to inform continuous improvement and the scaling of...
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...
A Warm Welcome to the Innovation Directors Network!
by Juliana Finegan on July 2 2018
Last week, The Learning Accelerator (TLA) brought together 15 amazing leaders from across the United States for our inaugural launch of the Innovation Directors Network (IDN). Participants were invited to join based on their strong work in leading...
Why the Recent Facebook/Cambridge Analytica Data ‘Breach’ Matters for Students
by Saro Mohammed on June 13 2018
This blog was originally published on the Brookings Institution's Brown Center Chalkboard.
When 80 million Facebook users’ data were found to be in the hands of Cambridge Analytica, users of the social media platform–and Congress–decided it was...
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...
What We Mean When We Say "Ecosystem Coordinator"
by Jennifer Wolfe on February 16 2018
Sometimes it can be difficult to convey the value of ecosystem coordination. As I reflect on the origin and evolution of Open Up Resources, I realize that the success of Open Up provides a great example of how our work as an ecosystem coordinator at...
Publish or (the field will) perish: Blended learning needs more peer-reviewed publications
by Emily Pulham & Saro Mohammed on February 6 2018
This blog was originally published on the Brookings Institution's Brown Center Chalkboard.
Blended learning research is at a very interesting crossroads when it comes to interests of the public school system, nonprofit organizations, corporate...
What About the Students? Research Project Unearths Students’ Blended Learning Experiences and Perceptions
by Kah Yin Cheong, Ya-Ru Chiu, Poom Chotikavan, Brandon Gaylord, Rujia Liu, Jingyu Lu on December 20 2017
We are a team of graduate students at Harvard University Graduate School of Education and recently had the opportunity to partner with The Learning Accelerator (TLA) on a project focused on investigating students’ perceptions of and experiences with...
Putting it All Together: Decision-Makers and Blended Learning Measurement
by Saro Mohammed on November 28 2017
Over the past year, I’ve written about how educators, researchers, ed tech developers, and funders are all important to enacting TLA’s Measurement Agenda for Blended Learning to connect the research and implementation cycles and help us all...