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Great Students are Broad-Minded Thieves

November 2022

by Ross Peters, Managing Partner. Sometimes I get jealous. It is not my best characteristic. I get jealous of original creators, grand designers, audacious planners, brave playwrights, brilliant poets, superlative musicians, and always relevant, inventive,…

Case Study Tools and Tips

Listen, Darn, Ask: Three lessons from OPPI

November 2022

by David Hamilton, Creative Director. What is OPPI? I just returned from Criel, France, where I was once again lucky to take part in OPPI, the most impactful education “conference” I’ve ever attended. “Conference” is…

Case Study Essay

Beyond the Event Horizon: Curricular Transformation

November 2022

by Greg Cooper, Dean of Studies at EXPLO Senior. The third in a series about how the laws of physics informed my school’s decision to cut APs. The event horizon of a black hole is…

Essay Newsletter

Looking Ahead to Better Days!

September 2022

by Ross Peters, Managing Partner. It has been a “good busy” few weeks at EXPLO Elevate. Our work has included some fantastic schools: Willows Community School (CA), Greenhills (MI), Phillips Academy-Andover (MA), Inly School (MA),…

Tools and Tips Video

Join EXPLO’s Marble Run Challenge!

September 2022

by David Hamilton, Director of Programs. We invite you and your students to take on EXPLO’s Marble Run Challenge. Here’s a low-cost, ready-to-go, paper engineering challenge. All you need is some paper (cardstock is even…

Tools and Tips Video

Designs in 90 Seconds: The Design Cycle

September 2022

by David Hamilton, Director of Programs. In our latest “Designs in 90 Seconds” video, we look at the design cycle and demonstrate the importance of cycling by testing early and often. As the name implies,…

Case Study Essay

Finding the Escape Velocity for Dramatic Policy Changes

September 2022

by Greg Cooper, Dean of Studies at EXPLO Senior. The second in a series about how the laws of physics informed my school’s decision to cut APs. I have always been fascinated by black holes…

Essay Issue Brief

Heroes and the Imagination: A New Moonshot

July 2022

by Ross Peters, Managing Partner. My memory of the moon landing, fifty-three years ago this July, is no doubt a blend of memory and embellishment. I was so young it is difficult to unknit what…

Case Study Essay

Gravitational Lensing and the Educational Universe

July 2022

by Greg Cooper, Dean of Studies at EXPLO Senior. How the laws of physics informed my school’s decision to cut APs. The first images from the James Webb telescope introduced the uninitiated public to the…

Essay Issue Brief

Practice Vertical Empathy… Please! Vital Ingredients for a Healthy School Culture

July 2022

by Ross Peters, Managing Partner. Steamy stuff in our part of the world. This week my family and I started in Atlanta, GA, went to Norris Lake, TN, and now are in Richmond, VA, my…

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Listen, Darn, Ask: Three lessons from OPPI

Beyond the Event Horizon: Curricular Transformation

Join EXPLO’s Marble Run Challenge!

Designs in 90 Seconds: The Design Cycle

Finding the Escape Velocity for Dramatic Policy Changes

Heroes and the Imagination: A New Moonshot

Gravitational Lensing and the Educational Universe

Practice Vertical Empathy… Please! Vital Ingredients for a Healthy School Culture

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