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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.
The “Soft Skills” Students Need in an AI-Filled World
by Samantha Artukovich on May 3 2023
It’s easy to conjure a mental image of a science fiction-inspired dystopian future when we hear cautionary tales from the classroom about ChatGPT completing homework assignments, anecdotes of the chatbot fooling a human into bypassing bot controls...
Student-Centered Environments Foster Independent Learners
by Ryan Mick on March 10 2023
At a recent conference session on student-centered learning, the facilitator asked participants to wrestle with the question, “When did you become an independent learner?” My discussion partner Charli — a high school student who wouldn’t describe...
There’s No Digital Equity Without Data Privacy
by Beth Holland on July 25 2022
Whether consciously or unconsciously, apps, internet service providers, and even schools could be selling or releasing data related to students’ — and teachers’ — locations, browsing habits, email content, and even direct messages. Over the past...
Supporting LGBTQ+ Students and Staff All Year Long
by Taylor Bowers on July 21 2022
At The Learning Accelerator, we believe an inclusive and welcoming environment is critical to push learning forward and create spaces that allow students and educators alike to engage, grow, and develop as members of our local and global...
Ryan Mick: A Conversation on Equity-Driven Leadership
by Lacey Gonzales on July 13 2022
Ryan Mick joins The Learning Accelerator in the newly created role of Chief Program Officer, tasked with managing the execution, improvement, and development of TLA’s core programs while orchestrating a compelling vision for our next phase of...
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...
Big Ideas from Hop, Skip, Leapfrog: Opportunities to Shift from a “Teaching” Profession to a “Learning” Profession
by Kristi Ransick on October 20 2021
Kristi Ransick is an education consultant with over 25 years experience working in school and curricular innovation. In the wake of initial pandemic-related school closures, Kristi supported work with the Chief Council of State School Officers to...
Big Ideas from Hop, Skip, Leapfrog: “Engagement Through Inquiry”
by Diana Laufenberg on September 28 2021
Diana Laufenberg is the Executive Director at Inquiry Schools, a nonprofit working to create and support student-centered learning environments that are inquiry-driven, project-based and utilize modern technology. For 16 years, Diana was a secondary...
Big Ideas from Hop, Skip, Leapfrog: Seeing and Supporting the Whole Student
by Malika Ali on September 2 2021
Malika Ali is a Managing Partner at the Highlander Institute and is responsible for the Institute’s evolving and iterative pedagogical approach to change, as well as program implementation across all classrooms, schools and districts. She is...
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.”...