Stories of Learning
Podcast
Podcast
Tune into TLA Stories of Learning as we share insights, learnings, and conversations with real-world educators and education leaders as they make effective, equitable innovative learning a reality in their schools.
Explore our series to dive deeper into topics important to advancing learning for all K12 students
Beyond Brick and Mortar
Dive into conversations The Learning Accelerator had with leaders from established K-12 hybrid and virtual learning programs, examining what made their programs a success and what they’ve learned along the way in order to capture, codify, and share their stories with the field.
What Will We Take With Us?
Tune into our leadership series, “What Will We Take With Us?” to hear how education leaders rose to tackling the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how they’re working to take what they’ve learned into a future that supports student-centered learning across the K-12 field.
Explore the last episodes
In this episode, we chat with Rachel Babcock, Co-Director and Co-Founder of Map Academy, about their holistic and student-centered approach to education, designed to address the unique needs and life circumstances of students as an alternative high school. Their model weaves together collaborative and cooperative learning, student data, support structures, and crucial programs that help them develop their postsecondary and career readiness in order to attend to myriad aspects of their students’ learning experiences.
In this episode, we chat with Dr. Steve Kossakoski, CEO at Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (VLACS), about their mastery-based approach, emphasis on meaningful discussion between students and instructors, and advisors who support students throughout their entire virtual learning journey with the school.
December 14, 2022
In this episode, we chat with Maxwell Smith, Head of The Forest School Online, about their flexible, student-centered approach to online learning. Employing targeted and relevant curricula, a focus on real-world learning, and a deliberate culture of feedback and stakeholder engagement, The Forest School Online works to provide a holistic learning experience for students across the globe.
