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.
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September 15, 2021
On this episode of What Will We Take With Us?, a series featuring our conversations with education leaders across the United States on how they grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic in K-12 education, we chat with David Quinn, the Director of Technology Innovation at Mendon-Upton Regional School District in Massachusetts about how, in spite of the challenges posed by the pandemic, the district was able to leverage opportunities that remote learning had to offer to design innovative practices, facilitate flexible learning for educators, integrate strategic scheduling, and offer career-oriented learning for students.
On this episode of What Will We Take With Us?, a series featuring our conversations with education leaders across the United States on how they grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic in K-12 education, Dr. Suzanne Newell of Austin Independent School District in Texas details how the district focused on supporting students and teachers by providing instructional blueprints with prioritized standards to help guide instructional time, as well as how they emphasized professional collaboration to address "learning loss" (also referred to as unfinished learning) and maximized time for valuable remote professional development.
August 25, 2021
On this episode of What Will We Take With Us?, a series featuring our conversations with education leaders across the United States on how they grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic in K-12 education, PK Diffenbaugh of Monterey Peninsula Unified School District in California shares with us how the district integrated inclusive communication, collaboration, and transparency with critical stakeholders in their school community, ensuring that students, teachers, and families were set up to navigate a school year like none they had experienced before. Through multilingual supports, proactive partnerships, and a focus on innovative practices, the district was able to take deliberate steps to move their initiatives forward and bring the full community into the fold.
