BECAUSE EVERY MINUTE COUNTS
THE POWER OF MOMENTUM AND SCALE
To maximize the positive impact of every education initiative, we understand the importance of intentional design and purposeful integration of people, places, and programs. Education Accelerated was founded to harness two essential elements of education innovation: bringing both momentum and scale to the most forward-thinking opportunities facing education organizations. By assembling and leading a world-class collaborative of education leaders, architects, financiers, data scientists, psychologists, designers, technologists, and engineers, we assist our client partners in bringing educational innovation to life and to scale…
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EDUCATION ACCELERATED.
OUR CONVERGENCE MODEL
All educational organizations and opportunities that stand the test of time, are comprised of an intersecting set of base components necessary to both envision and deliver effective and efficient learning outcomes. The necessary components are the people, places, and programs that must work together seamlessly to deliver optimal results. While it is often easy to silo these three essential elements into different workstreams, project plans, and budgets, the very best initiatives and organizations, that develop momentum and achieve sustainable success are those that envision, design, plan, and implement them concurrently and collectively to form an integrated whole.
...We change paradigms by building a model of the system, which takes us outside the system and forces us to see it whole.
- Donnella H. Meadows
Thinking in Systems
OUR PROCESS
FUSION FRAMEWORK: A STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT METHOD
At Education Accelerated, we are experts in bringing together educators, administrators, students, families, and communities to shape the most impactful programs for our education partners. Our Fusion Framework is ideally suited for both acceleration and scale as we work together to broaden and deepen the impact of education programs focused on the advancement of teaching and learning. We term our engagement model Fusion because, in this context, the concept signifies the deliberate blending of diverse ideas, perspectives, and disciplines to drive both innovation and sustainable success. Our research-based alignment method has been honed over decades for both efficiency and effectiveness while working with some of the most innovative educational organizations and initiatives.
Working together, we are confident that we will leverage our Fusion process as a catalyst for transformative growth that will propel a new era of education forward in the mission to accelerate academic achievement, foster equity, and cultivate growth mindsets, of all students.
CASE STUDY: A TRANSFORMATIVE
EDUCATION VISIONING PROCESS
GRADED THINK TANK 2.0
The following case study highlights how Education Accelerated empowers educational communities worldwide to build momentum and scale for positive, lasting innovation. Our ongoing partnership with Graded – The American School of São Paulo exemplifies this commitment. Together, we have designed, facilitated, and implemented the 2024 Think Tank, an initiative that has already delivered demonstrable results for students, faculty, and parents. This work is not just about one school’s progress; it’s about creating replicable systems and practices that can be adapted, scaled, and shared across the broader educational sector. We believe that true innovation flourishes when insights are exchanged and communities work together to reimagine what education can be. We’re excited to share our reflections and invite you to explore how this approach might benefit your community. Let’s build the future of education—together.
A HUMAN-CENTERED
SYSTEMS APPROACH
AN ATOMIC METAPHOR FOR ENVISIONING ACCELERATED IMPACT
NEUTRONS
Think of EVERY learner as a NEUTRON. They come to our learning environments with the widest set of potential. While they are not a blank canvas, they are the essential building blocks of our education systems, just like the neutrons are essential components of an atom. The learners have a unique perspective and contribute their curiosities, passions, and enthusiasm to every classroom environment and learning experience.
PROTONS
Educators, like protons, are positively charged with the responsibility of guiding, instructing, and leading their students. They provide direction and instruction, much like how protons provide the atomic nucleus with a positive charge. Together, teachers and learners connect to form the nucleus of every education system.
ELECTRONS
Every design, operational, financial, and technological partner, should focus like electrons, seamlessly orbiting around our teaching and learning nucleus, supporting and guiding the learning experience. It is critical for these systems and their interactions, while in constant motion, to remain aligned and interconnected, providing the structure for what is taught and learned.
WITH CAREFULLY ORCHESTRATED, FULLY INTEGRATED SYSTEMS,
WE CAN MAXIMIZE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR POSITIVE CHANGE
THE GOAL:
IMPACTFUL EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
Each project has an end goal allowing learners to travel a personalized and efficient path to impactful educational outcomes. So, not only does the wheel have to spin efficiently, but it also has to allow movement and steering along highly personalized paths toward each person's goal.