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Since our founding, The Learning Accelerator’s belief has been that blended learning is an innovation with the potential to transform the education of millions of students in American K-12 schools. By using technology to help teachers and students more deeply understand and respond to individual needs, we think schools can better reach their goals: effective, […]
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Cupertino, CA — November 19, 2015 — The K–12 OER Collaborative, an organization dedicated to increasing the quality and effectiveness of K–12 instructional materials while substantially reducing their cost to school districts nationwide, today announced it is starting its next phase of work in creating full-course materials. The Collaborative is launching a partnership with Illustrative
Beth Rabbitt named CEO; New focus on personalization, data use, and competency-based progression Cupertino, CA — March 18, 2016 — The Learning Accelerator (TLA), a nonprofit dedicated to catalyzing blended learning across the nation, today announced that its next phase of work will focus on clarifying exactly how blended learning happens in the classroom to
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Devices? Check. Software? Check. Communications Plan? Woops. Like many of you, I make the rounds of edTech conferences looking for golden nuggets of wisdom about how to successfully implement blended learning in schools. Case studies, lessons learned, best practices…these are what I hunt for and I’ve discovered a new theme that many of us have
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Executive with 30 years leadership experience across both the public and private technology sectors, most recently as a Managing Director at Pearson Education Cupertino, CA — August 28, 2015 — The K-12 OER Collaborative, an organization dedicated to increasing the quality and effectiveness of K-12 instructional materials while substantially reducing their cost to school districts
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When I ask educators why it’s difficult to select software for their classrooms their emphatic response is consistently: “It’s overwhelming!” And, I completely agree. Products are abundant, categories are fuzzy and the criteria used to evaluate the software are highly debatable. However, I also believe that we have historically overlooked a simple data point that
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The Hewlett Foundation leads early funding of 10 content developers creating free course materials that can be frequently updated, are easily tailored to individual student needs, leverage technology, and are designed to more effectively engage students Cupertino, CA – April 16, 2015 – The Learning Accelerator, a nonprofit supporting the implementation of high-quality blended learning
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Rocketship Education teacher Stephen Pham, one of the 11 Master Teachers selected to participate in our project with BetterLesson, recently reflected on what blended learning movement is all about. Read on below and tell us what you think at @stephenqpham and @learningaccel! Everyday, I’m reminded that each one of my students is unique and special.
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Improving K-12 Internet connectivity is essential to blended learning and improving K-12 education. EducationSuperHighway, a non-profit focused on upgrading Internet access for every classroom in America, recently released its Network Essentials for Superintendents Guide which brings clarity to this often overly technical process and will help district leaders take the necessary steps to upgrade their
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Request for developers to create free, openly licensed, mathematics and English language arts content aligned with State Standards Cupertino, CA – November 19, 2014 – The K–12 OER Collaborative, an initiative led by a group of 11 states with the goal of creating comprehensive, high-quality, open educational resources, today released a Request for Proposals (RFP)
