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Let’s Improve Professional Learning Through Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing
In education, we have a tendency to reinvent the wheel. At its core, the challenge is not a lack of will to share; rather, our public education system isn’t built for sector-wide collaboration. Instead, it decentralizes structures and policies,...
Gwen Baker Joins TLA Board of Directors
The Learning Accelerator welcomes nonprofit and education technology leader Gwen Baker to Board of Directors August 24, 2018 – The Learning Accelerator (TLA), a nonprofit catalyzing high-quality blended learning across the United States, announced...
Find TLA at iNACOL 2018
We are looking forward to seeing many of you next week in Nashville at the 2018 iNACOL Symposium: Driving the Transformation of Learning! The Learning Accelerator (TLA) is thrilled to be presenting alongside many of our partner organizations and...
SXSWedu PanelPicker is Live
The public voting period for SXSWedu is upon us, and we would love your help in bringing The Learning Accelerator back to Austin! Would you mind taking a few minutes to vote for our sessions described below? (If you aren't registered to vote for...
Leading Innovation? You'll Need These Six Skills
In June 2018, The Learning Accelerator (TLA) launched the Innovation Directors Network (IDN), a small but powerful group of school system leaders. These individuals sit at the nexus of academic and operational change, leading efforts to seed, test,...
Personalizing Learning Without Technology to Address Student Needs
Personalized learning can take many forms, and more effective personalization does not always mean more technology. The promise of blended and personalized learning is that educators can better meet the individual needs of each of their students, as...
Back to School Playlists Can Help Educators Prepare for the Upcoming School Year
As we enter August, the start of the school year is just around the corner for educators. Over the summer at The Learning Accelerator, we have been hard at work creating playlists full of resources and strategies to help educators prepare to welcome...
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...
How an Injury Made Me a More Accessibility-Focused Digital Citizen
I’ve been fortunate to live most of my web-browsing life as an able-bodied person. I’ve never encountered any difficulties being able to find, see, and otherwise experience online content, which is crucial in an age where people are so likely to...
A Warm Welcome to the Innovation Directors Network!
Last week, The Learning Accelerator (TLA) brought together 15 amazing leaders from across the United States for our inaugural launch of the Innovation Directors Network (IDN). Participants were invited to join based on their strong work in leading...
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