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CUE Names LPS' Sophia Thomas BOLD Educator of the Year
We were thrilled to attend CUE’s 1st ever BOLD (Blended and Online Lesson Design) Conference this past weekend and celebrate as Leadership Public School’s Sophia Thomas received the Blended and Online Educator of the Year Award. The Blended and...
Reflections on TLA’s Blended & Personalized Learning Practices at Work Project: What We Learned and What’s Next
The Learning Accelerator’s mission is to catalyze the implementation of high-quality blended learning. TLA has worked diligently to capture and share some of the best blended and personalized instructional practices from across the country. Our...
ARPA-Ed: What would it take?
Recently, the White House hosted a Symposium on the Future of Education R&D and Digital Learning, at which 100 or so researchers came together to share with and learn from each other. The purpose of this meeting was twofold—first, to review...
We Had to Personalize Teaching to Personalize Learning
Blended and personalized learning holds tremendous promise for meeting the individual needs of our students and deepening their learning. Unfortunately, in the rush to implement these models, we often overlook the needs of those responsible for...
OER Momentum and Debut of Open Up Resources
The Learning Accelerator and OER Almost three years ago, The Learning Accelerator (TLA) began its journey into open education resources (OER). As our understanding of OER deepened, we saw exciting opportunities for a new model of instructional...
What’s Your Plan? Implementing Innovative and Sustainable Blended Learning School Models
Across the county, skilled educators are implementing truly innovative approaches to teaching and learning. At Afton Partners, we’ve had the privilege to work with over 100 school districts and charter management organizations (CMOs) that have...
States Must Change, Too For Blended Learning
Schools around the country are taking steps to organize around students and engage in more personalized and blended learning strategies and approaches to learning. The creation of these new models is endowed with a spirit of discovery,...
Researching, Developing, Integrating, and Guiding: TNTP Explores New Roles for Blended Learning Teachers
Last week, and with TLA’s support, TNTP released a first version of guidance to help districts and schools rethink their human capital systems to support blended learning. The working paper, “Reimagining Teaching In a Blended Classroom,” summarizes...
Leading Blended Learning, and Getting Support While Doing It
As we began developing our human capital strategy in the summer of 2013, we heard two things about leadership in blended and personalized schools: • principals are absolutely critical to successful design and implementation, and;• there is a dearth...
Blended Learning Is for Teachers, Too
On Tuesday, I touched upon some of the ways blended learning can be used to deepen student learning. Today, I'd love to tackle another group we tend not to emphasize in conversations about deeper learning: teachers. To kick this off, a note about...
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