Adaptability Quotient – EXPLO Elevate

Essay Interview

In Conversation with Okorie Johnson

April 2021

How can a cellist make something foreign feel sacred enough to soothe the soul? Okorie Johnson is an American cellist-songwriter who performs under the moniker OkCello. His artistry integrates cello performance, live-sound-looping, improvisation, and storytelling…

Essay

Five Mistakes that Killed a Once-Great School and How You Can Avoid Them

February 2021

By Moira Kelly, President, Exploration Learning With thanks to Kevin Roose for his article, How the Blackberry Died: Five Mistakes That Killed a Once-Great Device. Blackberry Academy was founded in 1962 and serves students in…

Notes from the Field

Teachers as Lifelong Learners, Now More True Than Ever: Fall Successes from the Classroom

January 2021

By Paloma Cotton-Herman The Covid-19 pandemic brought “learning as usual” to a halt in the spring of 2020, causing teachers and administrators to shift plans and routines with little to no runway for planning. Throughout…

Consulting Brief Resource Toolkit

Elastic Leadership Proximity

December 2020

I began paying attention to World Cup Soccer in 1999. I had had a serious compression fracture in my back just as the previous school year ended, and so I spent my summer velcro-strapped into…

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,…

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…

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…