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Plymouth-Canton’s Virtual Academy: Learning Through Purposeful Hybrid Design

At Plymouth-Canton Community Schools’ Virtual Academy, we’ve embarked on a journey to redefine virtual learning. Our goal is to offer a flexible, engaging, and student-centered learning environment that serves our diverse student population. Central to this transformation has been our commitment to listening to our stakeholders – students, parents, and teachers – and ensuring we […]

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How ASU Prep Digital+ Personalizes Learning for Every Student

student-centered learning / By Daniela Bocanegra

At ASU Preparatory Academy, the K-12 division of Arizona State University, we are committed to designing new models for educational success and raising academic achievement for all learners. Our creative model includes seven brick and mortar campuses throughout Maricopa County and Casa Grande, hybrid microschools, as well as fully-online schools, ASU Prep Digital and Khan

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The Future of Learning is Student Centered

student-centered learning / By Daniela Bocanegra

At The Learning Accelerator (TLA), we believe that the future of learning should be student centered. From our work with hybrid and virtual learning programs, we’ve seen how combining virtual learning with in-person learning – what many refer to as “hybrid learning” – is a particularly powerful catalyst to unlock this potential. Leveraging both virtual

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The “Soft Skills” Students Need in an AI-Filled World

artificial intelligence, creating new opportunities, evolving delivery, INNOVATION, student-centered learning / By Lacey Gonzales

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 in its stead by claiming to be a person with a visual impairment, or even an admission from

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Student-Centered Environments Foster Independent Learners

evolving delivery, seeking and measuring broader aims, student-centered learning / By Samantha Brumley

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 herself as an ‘independent learner’ — wanted to know when I became one. Her question struck a chord because

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There’s No Digital Equity Without Data Privacy

digital equity, edtech, student-centered learning / By Lacey Gonzales

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 several months, the White House and Congress have called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to increase protections for

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Supporting LGBTQ+ Students and Staff All Year Long

adult wellbeing, diversity, equity, and inclusion, social-emotional learning, student-centered learning / By Samantha Brumley

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 communities. The classroom should be a safe place for all students and faculty, no matter how they

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Ryan Mick: A Conversation on Equity-Driven Leadership

diversity, equity, and inclusion, student-centered learning, TLA updates / By Samantha Brumley

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 programmatic impact. Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing Ryan. Welcome to TLA, Ryan. To start, could you

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Announcing TLA’s Virtual and Hybrid Learning Strategy Lab

diversity, equity, and inclusion, student-centered learning, TLA updates / By Samantha Brumley

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 brick-and-mortar schools reopen across the country, many school systems are exploring how – and if – they will build upon and

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Big Ideas from Hop, Skip, Leapfrog: Opportunities to Shift from a “Teaching” Profession to a “Learning” Profession

deploying and developing experts, professional development, student-centered learning / By Samantha Brumley

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 develop a “Restart and Recovery” playbook for system leaders and supported members of TLA’s Strategy Lab as they

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Plymouth-Canton’s Virtual Academy: Learning Through Purposeful Hybrid Design

How ASU Prep Digital+ Personalizes Learning for Every Student

The Future of Learning is Student Centered

The “Soft Skills” Students Need in an AI-Filled World

Student-Centered Environments Foster Independent Learners

There’s No Digital Equity Without Data Privacy

Ryan Mick: A Conversation on Equity-Driven Leadership

Announcing TLA’s Virtual and Hybrid Learning Strategy Lab

Big Ideas from Hop, Skip, Leapfrog: Opportunities to Shift from a “Teaching” Profession to a “Learning” Profession

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