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Big Ideas from Hop, Skip, Leapfrog: How to Navigate a Once-in-a-Generation Equity Moment

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Chong-Hao Fu is the Chief Executive Officer of Leading Educators, which “partners with school systems to build and sustain the conditions, teaching, and leadership to ensure that the students furthest from opportunity succeed in school and in life.” A former teacher and founding school leader, Chong-Hao is a leading expert in teacher leadership and professional […]

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TLA’s DEI Principles: Committing to Action

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While school is technically “out,” educators across the country are hard at work reflecting on the past and planning for the future. From catching up on essential reading, to taking over whiteboards in quiet district offices, to piloting changes with students during summer school, the summer months create the opportunity for imagination and commitment (or

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Hit Pause: 3 Steps to Bring Humanity into Decision-Making Processes This Summer

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Inside the word “emergency” is “emerge;” from an emergency new things come forth. The old certainties are crumbling fast, but danger and possibility are sisters. – Rebecca Solnit “Unprecedented” has become the oft-used term to describe this pandemic school year. It’s no surprise that the year’s end would warrant the use of the term, as

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Four Safeguards for Schools to Make Equity Work Stick

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In response to the ways COVID-19 highlighted inequities in their schools, a small team of district leaders at Austin Independent School District embarked on a process to redesign elements of their teaching and learning to make school work better for more kids as part of the Always Ready for Learning Strategy Lab. Despite the daily

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Celebrating Pride in Schools: TLA Team Viewpoints

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A core component of whole-child education is supporting student identity development while building an inclusive, caring community. At The Learning Accelerator, we believe that personalizing learning for students includes creating a safe, caring culture and fostering supportive relationships so that all students, regardless of their identities, feel welcomed and loved. As we close out Pride

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Advice: Common Pitfalls & Tips for Success in Design Work

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Learnings from Strategy Lab school systems using the Real-Time Redesign toolkit The design process is transformational and thrilling – but not without its challenges. Here, we surface six common pitfalls, along with potential ways to avoid these same pitfalls, captured from school systems that completed our Real-Time Redesign process as part of the Always Ready

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Where Real-Time Redesign Originated: Always Ready for Learning Strategy Lab

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Learning Accelerator, along with Bellwether Education Partners, created a new networked learning community focused on equity and resiliency called the Strategy Lab. The nine-month, pro bono, cohort-based learning experience supported seven school systems in their reopening planning in the fall and winter of 2020 through expert support and

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Key Terms & Definitions for Redesign

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The following terms are used in the Real-Time Redesign toolkit developed through the Strategy Lab. Educational Equity “Creating opportunities and removing barriers in educational experience so each student can reach his or her full potential – in academics and beyond; removing the predictability of success in academics or other life outcomes along lines of race,

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What does remote DEI look like for you?

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This article was originally posted on Medium. Back in 2019, The Learning Accelerator (TLA) partnered with six other remote organizations based in education to form the Remote DEI Collective (RDC), a community of practice focused on the intersections of remote work culture and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). After launching our community and diving into

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Walking the Walk with Remote DEI

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More and more, organizations are investing time and resources to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), recognizing its importance in making teams better. With the proliferation of remote work – particularly due to recent physical distancing measures taken to address the spread of COVID-19 – leaders have wondered how to engage in equity work virtually,

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