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Finding a New Station and Story: SEED + SPARK

November 2020

Ross Peters is a lifelong educator, poet and photographer who leads school strategy for Explo Elevate, a global learning cooperative. He writes frequently about education at jrosspeters.com/blog/. Sam Chaltain is a founding partner of 180 Studio,…

Notes from the Field

Constructing a Pre-K Classroom Community Over Zoom

November 2020

by Suzi Holmes, JK/SK/1 @Home Guide, Meadowbrook School “How was I ever going to do it? Could I really make it happen for them? Would it feel authentic?” After a long and strange COVID-19 summer…

Resource Toolkit

Time to Get Back to Idea Hunting

October 2020

by Mark Greenlaw | Executive Director, EXPLO Elevate For the past months, school leaders have been intensely focused on opening their schools in a safe and healthy manner, dealing with a broad range of health,…

Issue Brief

Supporting Students in Civil Discourse

October 2020

by Alan Gottlieb | Partner, EXPLO Elevate In today’s tense social, economic, political climate, happening amidst a backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic it has never been more important to engage respectfully across the aisle with…

Tools and Tips

Remember More! Retrieval Practice for Deeper Learning

September 2020

by Sudipti Kumar | Director of Research, Dave Hamilton | Director of Programs On Friday Sept 18, Elevate hosted a webinar that went deep on the concept of retrieval practice, the process of recalling learned…

Resource Toolkit

Control Isn’t a Bad Word, When You Let Students Have It

September 2020

This post is part of a series of articles, blog posts, and short briefs produced by EXPLO Elevate focused on supporting schools’ virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. by Sudipti Kumar | Director of Research…

Tools and Tips

Building a Sense of Belonging With Students

August 2020

by Sudipti Kumar | Director of Research As a follow-up to our recent piece that compiled tips for educators on building and nurturing relationships with students online, we wanted to dive deep on concrete and…

Essay

The Beginner’s Mind: Practicing the Nine Virtues in Troubling Times

August 2020

by Ross Peters | Vice President of School Strategy During the first three weeks in October Dr. Karl Haden, President of AAL, and I will teach a course on Exceptional Leadership and the Nine Virtues.…

Essay

Moving beyond Adaptable: The Need for Antifragile Leadership

August 2020

by Ross Peters | Vice President of School Strategy, with Sudipti Kumar | Director of Research As the team at EXPLO Elevate has discussed the specific challenges facing schools this Fall, we find that there…

Resource Toolkit

Building Relationships Online

August 2020

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Finding a New Station and Story: SEED + SPARK

Constructing a Pre-K Classroom Community Over Zoom

Time to Get Back to Idea Hunting

Supporting Students in Civil Discourse

Remember More! Retrieval Practice for Deeper Learning

Control Isn’t a Bad Word, When You Let Students Have It

Building a Sense of Belonging With Students

The Beginner’s Mind: Practicing the Nine Virtues in Troubling Times

Moving beyond Adaptable: The Need for Antifragile Leadership

Building Relationships Online

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