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Using Data to Advocate for Equitable Practices

“When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.” – John Lewis At The Learning Accelerator (TLA), we are working to advance a research-informed vision for...

Investigating Creativity in the Classroom: Research Tools for Teachers and Leaders

Creativity is the competence to leverage self-interests, motivation, imagination, and prior knowledge in flexible ways1 to generate, evaluate, or improve ideas; imagine new ways of solving problems;2 forge new connections — across content and...

New Tools Support Our Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid Cohorts

In March 2022, The Learning Accelerator (TLA) launched the first of three Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid cohorts to tackle the challenge of developing more effective, engaging, and equitable virtual or hybrid learning environments. Working through...

The Parent Perspective: Parents’ perceptions of their children’s blended learning experiences

We are graduate students at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) studying educational technology and innovation. As part of Barbara Treacy’s course, Connected Teaching in the Digital Age, we partnered with The Learning Accelerator (TLA)...

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...

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...

Personalizing Learning for Educators: Measuring What Works