Larry Singer Named Chief Executive Officer Of The K-12 OER Collaborative

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Executive with 30 years leadership experience across both the public and private technology sectors, most recently as a Managing Director at Pearson Education Cupertino, CA — August 28, 2015 — The K-12 OER Collaborative, an organization dedicated to increasing the quality and effectiveness of K-12 instructional materials while substantially reducing their cost to school districts […]

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Learning Accelerator Grantee Relay GSE Launches Blended Learning Teacher Training

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Free, online training series helps teachers, school, and district leaders Cupertino, CA – August 10, 2015 – The Learning Accelerator (TLA), a non-profit organization catalyzing the transformation of American K-12 education through blended learning on a national scale, and grantee Relay Graduate School of Education (Relay), a leading, nationally accredited graduate school of education, today

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The Learning Accelerator Receives $500,000 Grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Grant to support programs aimed at nationwide implementation of blended learning Cupertino, CA – July 21, 2015 – The Learning Accelerator, the catalyst transforming American K-12 education through blended learning on a national scale, today announced that it has received an unrestricted grant totaling $500,000 over two years from Carnegie Corporation of New York. The

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Communicating Your Blended Learning Goals

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Devices? Check. Software? Check. Communications Plan? Woops. Like many of you, I make the rounds of edTech conferences looking for golden nuggets of wisdom about how to successfully implement blended learning in schools. Case studies, lessons learned, best practices…these are what I hunt for and I’ve discovered a new theme that many of us have

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Making Competency-Based, Personalized Learning Real for Teachers

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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 necessary to make this a reality, we have to ask ourselves what our systems for professional

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The Classroom Blender: Looking at Education Through a New Lens

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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 teachers and leaders. Read on below, and tell us what you think at @TriSciCurious and

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Hold that Elevator! A Message on Pitching Your Plan for Blended Learning

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Let’s face it, implementing blended learning is complex. Each of the steps can be challenging, whether it’s shifting to personalization, integrating technology, or embracing competency-based learning. If you’re not crystal clear about why your school or district is embracing blended learning, you’ll likely have a hard time building support among your key audiences. It takes

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Leaders Learning Deeply with the Leadership in Blended Learning and Fuse RI

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At The Learning Accelerator (TLA), we believe that effective principal leadership is absolutely critical for creating and sustaining schools that foster deeper and personalized learning. Given this, as part of TLA’s next human capital initiative, we’re running two experiments aimed at supporting and increasing the capacity of these leaders as they engage in school redesign

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Longevity: The Key To Getting Good Edtech Advice

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When I ask educators why it’s difficult to select software for their classrooms their emphatic response is consistently: “It’s overwhelming!” And, I completely agree. Products are abundant, categories are fuzzy and the criteria used to evaluate the software are highly debatable. However, I also believe that we have historically overlooked a simple data point that

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The Learning Accelerator Announces $2M in Funding for Open Education Resources

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The Hewlett Foundation leads early funding of 10 content developers creating free course materials that can be frequently updated, are easily tailored to individual student needs, leverage technology, and are designed to more effectively engage students Cupertino, CA – April 16, 2015 – The Learning Accelerator, a nonprofit supporting the implementation of high-quality blended learning

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