Accelerate Institute Blog
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Establishing and Sustaining a Culture of Excellence: The Secret Ingredient to Moving the Academic Needle with School Turnaround
Jul 17, 2016, 3:32 PM
2014 Ryan Award Winner Melissa Jones Clarke share the secret ingredients to success in school turnaround: building school culture.
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The Fallacy of Best Practices
Jul 6, 2016, 3:21 PM
We cite “best practices” all of the time in education, but what is the cost of relying on them? Pranav Kothari argues that educators and philanthropists should instead focus on customized, reflexive "best processes".
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Team Culture Built to Last with Retreats
May 31, 2016, 3:39 PM
Owen Ricciardi, 2014 Ryan Fellow and the Principal at Aspire – Coleman Elementary uses retreats to strengthen his teams. Find out why it works for him...and could for you, too.
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Leading in Tumultuous Times: 6 Steps for Uniting Opposition
May 17, 2016, 3:44 PM
Molly Watson, Senior Director of Curriculum and Assessment at Accelerate Institute, talks about the key strategies needed to bridge opposing camps by emphasizing the positive.
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How Should “Gap-Closing” Schools Measure Success?
May 2, 2016, 3:51 PM
Kyle Smucker, Program Assistant at Accelerate Institute, examines how to measure growth accurately when it comes to closing the achievement gap.