Leadership – EXPLO Elevate

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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 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…

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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),…

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…

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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…

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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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Elevate Newsletter: The Far and the Near: June 24th 2022

July 2022

by Ross Peters, Managing Partner. The Far and the Near: Keep long-term strategy and shorter-term tactics operating in relation to each other This week my daughter and I are in Glacier National Park. Even with…

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Beyond the Event Horizon: Curricular Transformation

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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