Projects and Publications

TLA is leading a national initiative to reimagine how we can accelerate learning at the heart of the student experience. The Challenge. Widespread, persistent gaps in K-12 learning remain one of the most urgent challenges to solve. It’s time to get serious about tackling them, with new tools and more durable and sustainable strategies to […]

TLA teamed up with Google for Education to develop an implementation guide and supporting resources to help teachers and school leaders understand and enact Google for Education’s four key, research-backed learning principles for improving education: TLA and the Google team worked alongside educators who are pioneering the practical implementation of these principles with Google tools

Adults in schools – just like their students – had different experiences during the pandemic, with many educators, leaders, and support staff reporting significant, adverse experiences, understanding and measuring the wellbeing of leaders, educators, and staff in schools is crucial. Our team conducted a series of focus groups with district leaders from across the country

Educators — and the coaches and administrators who support them — are increasingly looking for online professional learning that is differentiated to their unique needs and offers the ability to learn when and where they want. But what makes for a quality online learning experience? TLA, in partnership with EdSurge, conducted a comprehensive review of

Access to high-quality, rigorous instructional materials is a critical resource for educators. TLA has been working to understand how open educational resources (OER), free- to low-cost modifiable materials, can be used to support personalized and innovative instruction to meet the needs of each student. This research is ongoing; the resources below summarize key learnings and

TLA has learned through its work with pioneering educators that leading and sustaining data-driven, personalized approaches to teaching and learning requires coherent, system-wide shifts in strategy and practice. There is no single correct pathway or timeline for building readiness or action given the different contexts and assets that exist across a school system. Despite differences, we

Educational technology (EdTech) in schools can be a critical tool in advancing equity. But digital equity is not just about students and staff having access to devices and tools. How these tools are selected, used, and assessed to measure impact matters. EdTech — when purposefully selected and applied — can make rigorous and relevant instruction

    TLA has joined forces as a research partner to Lindsay Unified School District (LUSD) in its efforts to develop personalized, competency-based professional learning pathways for its facilitators (i.e., teachers). Through this work, LUSD seeks to cultivate the same mindset in educators that it spent the past decade fostering in students — that we

Advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within organizations requires a steadfast commitment to ongoing dialogue, learning from missteps, and changing hearts and minds. As workplaces (including those of many education organizations) increasingly adopt and embrace virtual work, it is critical for leaders to consider how remote work dynamics affect DEI across their internal culture and

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, digital equity was a notable obstacle inside and outside of the classroom. Many students across the United States have relied on their schools for access to the Internet, but when they head home, they do not always have the same level of connectivity or device availability. While many communities and