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Is Technology Good or Bad for Learning?
This blog was originally published on the Brookings Brown Center Chalkboard. I'll bet you’ve read something about technology and learning recently. You may have read that device use enhances learning outcomes. Or perhaps you’ve read that screen...
Tech or No Tech, Effective Learning is All About Teaching
This blog was originally published on the Brookings Institution's Brown Center Chalkboard. As millions of students head back to school, families are probably wondering if those shiny new devices, apps, and even games that are becoming a typical...
TLA’s Measurement Fellowship: New knowledge for the field
As part of our work to catalyze measurement that increases our evidence base of equitable, effective blended practices, TLA is currently piloting a one-year Fellowship to support research that advances our measurement agenda. Our goal is to help...
Getting Farther, Faster with Personalized Professional Learning
Photo courtesy of Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action (CC BY-NC 4.0). “I am a returning teacher after leaving my own classroom in 2003. So much has changed since I earned my teaching...
What About the Students? Research Project Unearths Students’ Blended Learning Experiences and Perceptions
We are a team of graduate students at Harvard University Graduate School of Education and recently had the opportunity to partner with The Learning Accelerator (TLA) on a project focused on investigating students’ perceptions of and experiences with...
Heart Smart & Head Smart: Reflections on a Year of Giving Teachers the Support They Need to Make the Leap to Personalized Learning
While the shift from “differentiated instruction” to “personalized learning” seems like a reasonable enough commitment to make philosophically, the changes in practice that this generation of teachers will need to make to realize the potential of...
Lounge Lessons: Clearing up persistent teacher misconceptions on blended learning
Having taught high school and middle school for almost ten years, I still have many friends who are educators and administrators throughout the country. Recently I visited a school and was able to reconnect with some of them, talk about life, and...
A Step-by-Step Guide to Communicating Your Blended Learning Goals
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...
Open Data is Starting to Bring Value to Education
Our schools need every edge they can get to improve education. Fortunately, there is a massive amount of data out there that may be able to help. Every year districts, states, and multiple federal organizations collect non-personal education data...
Celebrating Success: A Snapshot of Edtech Procurement in Houston
Technology purchasing at scale can be difficult. The possible pitfalls are many, and cash-strapped education institutions are generally less equipped than most to navigate the intricacies of a major purchase of devices. As the trend toward blended...
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