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Ensuring Quality EdTech Investments: Two Questions For System Leaders
September marks a turning point for the K-12 sector. Since March 2020, the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund has infused billions of dollars into school systems to aid pandemic recovery efforts designed to accelerate...
To Help Teachers Survive the Next Few Weeks, Focus on Creativity
The holiday season brings both happiness and hardship. The three-week period between Thanksgiving and the winter break is marked by celebrations as well as disrupted schedules. While some students become exuberant in their anticipation of vacations,...
TLA Receives $5M Grant to Build Evidence and Adoption of Core Learning Innovations
Three-year investment from the Walton Family Foundation will enable The Learning Accelerator to advance understanding and scaling of evidence-based, virtually-supported learning acceleration approaches December 8, 2023 — Today, The Learning...
Engaging 3 Key Groups for Equity in Edtech
When implemented thoughtfully and equitably, edtech has the power to accelerate learning and address persistent disparities. While academic edtech tools can make learning more inclusive and responsive to students’ interests and needs, edtech...
3 Ways to Improve Accessibility in Virtual Learning Environments
For students with disabilities, accessibility is a critical issue, but technology has played a significant role in improving access and working to ensure all students get what they need. Given assistive technology’s effect on improving...
Learning Alongside Others Sparks Plymouth-Canton’s Virtual Redesign
Amanda Pelukas joined Plymouth-Canton Community Schools (P-CCS) in Michigan to transform P-CCS’ Virtual Academy. “COVID remote learning,” as Pelukas described it, needed to improve. Instead of solving the problem on their own, Pelukas and her team...
The “Soft Skills” Students Need in an AI-Filled World
It’s easy to conjure a mental image of a science fiction-inspired dystopian future when we hear cautionary tales from the classroom about ChatGPT completing homework assignments, anecdotes of the chatbot fooling a human into bypassing bot controls...
Welcoming a New TLA Team Member, Shanice Maxwell
As spring transitioned into full swing, we had some celebrating in order at The Learning Accelerator (TLA)! We welcomed Shanice Maxwell as the Associate Director, Talent, Culture, and DEI Initiatives at TLA. A former educator who brings her...
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...
AI’s Role in the Future of Innovation in Education
Technology has a knack for raising alarms in education: the advent of tools like the radio, calculators, television, and smartboards have all caused a stir. OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, ChatGPT, has introduced us to the latest...
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