After nearly a decade of working with secondary students, I know how challenging it can be to move a high school forward. The weight of tradition and rigid structures often makes it feel like the best we can do is get students “back on track,” even when we’re not confident that the pathway fully supports […]
Flashback to 2012. The education sector buzzed about a new technology destined to transform education. It promised new opportunities for students to easily consume multimodal content, demonstrate their understanding through multiple forms of media, and curate portfolios of work. Schools and systems bought iPads in droves. Teachers experimented with hundreds of apps. Today, it remains […]
With education research, true expertise doesn’t reside solely with researchers — it thrives in partnership. Collaborating with those closest to the work allows us to gain a deeper, more accurate understanding of what’s really happening in schools. Our partners bring indispensable knowledge of their contexts, cultures, strengths, and challenges, making their insights not just valuable […]
Despite decades of effort, persistent gaps in K-12 student learning remain a pressing challenge, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on reading and math achievement. While initial recovery efforts focused heavily on supplemental strategies like high-dosage tutoring, it’s clear that real, lasting progress requires more than just add-ons — it demands bold, scalable solutions embedded […]
As schools across the country embrace the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI), innovative educators are leading the way, showing how AI can enhance teaching and learning while keeping students at the center of the experience. Providing educators with concrete examples of how to implement AI-enabled instructional practices empowers teachers with new strategies and helps […]
Oftentimes, research is done on schools and systems. In this extractive relationship, researchers collect data, rarely including participants in the design or analysis, and then later report findings back to the sites. At The Learning Accelerator (TLA), we believe that research should occur with our partners. This means addressing questions that are meaningful to them […]
