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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.
Education Elements & The Learning Accelerator Release New Communications Planning Guide for Innovation in Education
by on March 15 2017
Includes Real-World Strategies for Schools Adopting Blended & Personalized Learning
San Carlos, CA – March 15, 2017 – Education Elements and The Learning Accelerator today released a new communications planning guide for school districts that are...
We Had to Personalize Teaching to Personalize Learning
by Michael Fauteux on November 21 2016
Blended and personalized learning holds tremendous promise for meeting the individual needs of our students and deepening their learning.
Unfortunately, in the rush to implement these models, we often overlook the needs of those responsible for...
Introducing Practices at Work
by Beth Rabbitt on August 22 2016
Just over a year ago, the TLA team launched a project to better understand blended and personalized learning practices in schools across America. As a result of our research in hundreds of classrooms, today we are launching a new site called Blended...
Personalized Learning: Trendy and True
by Saro Mohammed on June 15 2016
Personalized learning practices are increasingly being used in a variety of K-12 settings. These include public, private, and charter schools; at elementary, middle, and high school levels; in many content areas—including core subjects like reading,...
Ask Not What Blended Learning Measurement Can Do For You…
by Saro Mohammed on May 9 2016
Whenever a new study comes out that says blended learning is effective, or blended learning isn’t effective, the first thing I do is take a close read of the methods to see what the authors really mean by “blended learning” and “effectiveness.”...
All Together Now: Data, Personalization, and Mastery-Based Progression
by Beth Rabbitt on March 14 2016
As I shared in last week’s post, the TLA team has spent a lot of time over the last six months seeking clarity on what exactly we mean when we say we’re an organization transforming schools through blended learning. Over the course of hundreds of...
New Blended Learning Recommendations and Resources
by Scott Ellis on December 1 2015
I recently attended the iNACOL symposium in Florida, the largest blended learning conference in the country, where I heard district leaders and educators describe their efforts to embrace blended learning. These were not theoretical discussions;...
Making Competency-Based, Personalized Learning Real for Teachers
by Beth Rabbitt, Margaret Roth on June 29 2015
Across the country, teachers are trying to bring technology into their classrooms to better meet the needs of every student. The goal is to make learning more personalized, competency-based, and data rich.
As educators work to make the shifts...
The Classroom Blender: Looking at Education Through a New Lens
by Jessica Anderson on May 21 2015
Montana-based science teacher, Jessica Anderson, is one of the 11 Master Teachers selected to participate in our project with BetterLesson. We asked her to reflect on her experience making the switch to blended learning and to share advice for other...
A Master Teacher Reflects on Blended Learning
by Stephen Pham on January 6 2015
Rocketship Education teacher Stephen Pham, one of the 11 Master Teachers selected to participate in our project with BetterLesson, recently reflected on what blended learning movement is all about. Read on below and tell us what you think at...