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Open Educational Resources: An Urgent Priority
Every child deserves a highly effective and equitable education that equips them with the mastery of rigorous academic standards, mindset, and other non-academic capacities they need to reach their full and unique potential. Engaging, rigorous...
Planting Trees Under Which You May Never Sit: The long-term work of school transformation
“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” – Nelson Henderson Transforming schools and districts from industrial models to student-centered ones is bold, noble, worthy work that requires a sustained...
Behind the Curtain of Flex Time
This blog first appeared on EdWeek’s Next Gen Learning in Action column. With all the interest in innovative school models, many schools are creating “flex time” periods during the day for students to increase student agency. We at Silicon Schools...
Seven Top Decisions For Leaders Scaling Innovation
This blog was originally posted on Education Next. Networks of schools across the country are increasingly using more personalized and blended learning strategies to create equitable access to high-quality instruction, increase student engagement...
Exciting New Initiatives Provide Hope for Improved Edtech Purchasing Across K-12 Schools
Education purchasing should be simple, right? If you need some pencils or paper, you can get them at the nearest supply store. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case. We often overlook everything a district needs to buy – from mundane things like...
TLA Awarded Grant To Join New Profit Personalized Learning Initiative
PRESS RELEASE FROM NEW PROFIT: April 13th, 2017 (Boston) – New Profit, a venture philanthropy organization that helps bold problem solvers break through to transform lives, communities, and systems, has announced it will launch the Personalized...
TLA Awarded Grant To Join New Profit Personalized Learning Initiative
Press release from New Profit: April 13th, 2017 (Boston)– New Profit, a venture philanthropy organization that helps bold problem solvers break through to transform lives, communities, and systems, has announced it will launch the Personalized...
A Measurement Agenda: Role of Edtech Developers?
As the implementation of blended and personalized learning grows, questions about effectiveness are becoming relevant to more students and families, teachers, and classrooms across the nation. Researchers and think tanks cannot generate these...
Personalized Learning: Trendy and True
Personalized learning practices are increasingly being used in a variety of K-12 settings. These include public, private, and charter schools; at elementary, middle, and high school levels; in many content areas—including core subjects like reading,...
The Learning Accelerator’s Next Phase Of Blended Learning Work
Beth Rabbitt named CEO; New focus on personalization, data use, and competency-based progression Cupertino, CA — March 18, 2016 — The Learning Accelerator (TLA), a nonprofit dedicated to catalyzing blended learning across the nation, today announced...
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