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The Learning Accelerator and Yet Analytics Launch the "Learning Commons"
March 13, 2018 (Princeton, NJ) — The Learning Accelerator (TLA) and Yet Analytics today announced the launch of the Learning Commons, a free, open site where educators can search for resources provided by different learning content providers,...
Personalizing Staff Development with Deeper Learning Week
The subject of passion projects in the workplace elicits mixed feelings among employers and employees. The concept gained momentum when Google created its “20% time” idea, providing employees the opportunity to spend 20% of their time focused on...
Ensuring a Return on Instruction
A portion of the following is an excerpt from the new ASCD book, Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, Today. For decades, school leaders have discussed “the need” to integrate technology. The problem with these conversations...
Hungry for a New Year’s change? We have you covered!
As a classroom teacher for almost 10 years, I remember January and February being a time when I was inspired to revisit different aspects of my classroom. During the break, I would reflect on what needed fine tuning, how to implement shifts to...
Cisco ISD: Blended Learning in the Heart of Rural Texas
Nestled in north central Texas is Cisco Independent School District, a rural school system implementing high-quality blended learning. Those making their way across Texas on Interstate 20 are likely to compare the district to a scene from Friday...
Supporting All Students: How Blended Learning Works at Bronx Arena Transfer High School
At TLA, we strive to offer resources for a wide variety of school settings. In our latest school model profile, we are excited to feature our first alternative high school blended learning model, Bronx Arena High School. Traditional school models...
Analysis: Teaching, Technology, Transformation — 5 Ways to Talk (and Think) About Personalized Learning
This piece originally appeared on The 74 Million. It seems that anytime a blog post, op-ed, or white paper about personalized learning is published, a mighty rift emerges in the field. On one side, skeptics condemn personalization with great zeal...
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...
Empowering Students to Take Action on Global Issues: The Facing Difference Challenge from Students Rebuild
One of the values of blended learning is ensuring that every child has an engaging and effective education that is just right for them. An engaging education not only meets students where they are, but also connects learning to the world around...
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...
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