How to create higher performing, happier classrooms in 7 moves: A playbook for teachers

    January 24, 2017 | by Katrina Bushko

    Teachers, this playbook is for you. Your journey to improve your classroom and meet the needs of today’s students is not in the dark; successful managers outside of education, combined with the teachers in the pilot schools in this playbook, together illuminate a number of moves that can help you better meet the needs of students today.

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    Teaching in the machine age

    December 7, 2016 | by Katrina Bushko

    With new technologies displacing workers across many fields, what will be the likely impact on the teaching profession? Will machines replace teachers? Despite the hype and fear, machines are unlikely to replace teachers anytime soon. Rather, they are poised to help overcome several structural barriers that make it difficult to ensure that an effective teacher reaches every student.

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    From the frontlines: Takeaways from the 2016 BPLC

    August 23, 2016 | by Katrina Bushko

    Participants of the 2016 Blended and Personalize Learning Conference (BPLC) shared their best strategies for seeding and scaling innovative instructional models. The following report synthesizes some of the key themes that emerged as these early adopters shared their change management tips from the frontlines.

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    Connecting ed & tech: Partnering to drive student outcomes

    July 12, 2016 | by Katrina Bushko

    This case study describes how Leadership Public Schools (LPS), a charter school management organization that operates high schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, and Gooru, a nonprofit edtech company, co-developed a technology to support LPS’s personalized learning model and improve student outcomes.

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    State of opportunity

    October 15, 2015 | by Katrina Bushko

    This report, produced by TLA in collaboration with the Clayton Christensen Institute and the Ohio Blended Learning Network, outlines implementation and challenges and makes recommendations for advancing the quality of blended learning in Ohio. The report includes a survey that states can use to collect their own data.

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    Proof points: Blended learning success in school districts

    September 19, 2015 | by Katrina Bushko

    We teamed up with the Evergreen Education Group to publish 12 case studies of how traditional school districts improved student learning outcomes after implementing blended learning. Each short profile highlights key details in the district’s blended-learning strategy, the EdTech products used, and promising results in the form of test scores and graduation rates.

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