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Fighting Fires With Hope: The First Virtue for 2021-2022

August 2021

by Ross Peters, Vice President of School Strategy, EXPLO Elevate I felt as if I was on the receiving end of 911 calls. Given the tone of the callers, one might have thought the intruders…

Case Study

A School’s Commitment to Deeper Learning

July 2021

By Shauna Hobbs, Director of Analytics, Innovation, and Research at Graded, The American School of Sao Paulo. In 2019, Graded set out to rethink and reimagine what they are doing as an institution. Realizing that…

Resource Toolkit

A Methodology to Support Challenging Conversations

July 2021

by Sudipti Kumar, Director of Research, EXPLO Elevate Below we share details on a conversation protocol methodology first developed by the Institute of Cultural Affairs called ORID. The methodology has a variety of applications across…

Notes from the Field

Sharing the Process: Teaching Math through COVID

July 2021

By Terri HerrNeckar, Math Teacher, Milton Academy In the spring of 2021, EXPLO Elevate hosted the Tech Tools for Teaching and Learning Community of Practice, in which educators shared their experiences and lessons learned from…

Notes from the Field Resource Toolkit

Notes + Takeaways from ISTELive 2021

July 2021

by Laura Farmer, Director of Operations, Online Student Programs and Sean McCarthy, Digital Program Coordinator In late June, we attended the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference. Every year thousands of educators gather…

Resource Toolkit

Summer Book Recommendations

June 2021

As of today, it is officially summer! Time to start — or continue adding to — your comprehensive and often aspirational Summer Reading List. We charged ourselves with the almost impossible task of recommending two…

Essay Issue Brief

Reimagining Assessment: Where is the Story?

June 2021

by Gary Chapin Assessments tell a story. What’s the story, and, more importantly, where is the story? The answers to those questions tell you a lot about the values and priorities of our education system…

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5 Principles to Anchor Summer DEIJ Planning for Next Year

June 2021

By Sudipti Kumar, Director of Research As summer vacation arrives at independent schools, things look and feel far different now than they did in June of 2020. Last year, our team at EXPLO Elevate was…

Tools and Tips

Avoiding a Strategy Archipelago

May 2021

by Ross Peters, EXPLO Elevate Vice President of School Strategy A well-constructed strategic plan, among other things, is cohesive, and as I have written before in a post entitled Strategic Plans and Luxury Cars: They…

Tools and Tips

Strategic Plans and Luxury Cars: They Look so Good on the Lot!

May 2021

by Ross Peters, EXPLO Elevate, Vice President of School Strategy “Check out the new 2020 Strategic Plan—well-equipped, versatile, nodding to the past, styled for the future.” For a moment, think of a strategic plan as…

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Fighting Fires With Hope: The First Virtue for 2021-2022

A School’s Commitment to Deeper Learning

A Methodology to Support Challenging Conversations

Sharing the Process: Teaching Math through COVID

Notes + Takeaways from ISTELive 2021

Summer Book Recommendations

Reimagining Assessment: Where is the Story?

5 Principles to Anchor Summer DEIJ Planning for Next Year

Avoiding a Strategy Archipelago

Strategic Plans and Luxury Cars: They Look so Good on the Lot!

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