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Leaders to Learn From: BES Accelerator

Participants in the School Management & Leadership Accelerator will learn from alumni facilitators who will share their experience and insights leading schools. Meet Charles Friedman.

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Leadership

Aug. 27, 2025

Leaders to Learn From: BES Accelerator

Participants in the School Management & Leadership Accelerator will learn from alumni facilitators who will share their experience and insights leading schools. Meet Charles Friedman.

Leadership

Aug. 18, 2025

Leaders to Learn From: BES Accelerator

Participants in the School Management & Leadership Accelerator will learn from alumni facilitators who will share their experience and insights leading schools. Meet Graham Browne.

Leadership

Aug. 15, 2025

Leaders to Learn From: BES Accelerator

Participants in the School Management & Leadership Accelerator will learn from alumni facilitators who will share their experience and insights leading schools. Meet Josh Pinto Taylor.

Leadership

Jun. 26, 2025

Celebrating the 2024-25 LENS Cohort & Looking Ahead to the BES Accelerator

Congratulations to the 2024-25 cohort! Looking ahead to the next school year, we are excited to support even more leaders through the BES Accelerator.

Culture

Jun. 26, 2025

BES Closed June 30 to July 4 for Intentional Rest

At BES, we are equally committed to the health and wellbeing of our staff. To honor this commitment, we will be closing our offices for the week of June 30 to July 4.

Leadership

Jun. 20, 2025

6 Powerful Qualities of Thriving School Leaders (& How You can Achieve These Through Leadership Development)

Continuous growth unlocks the potential for real, sustainable change and impact. Here are six powerful qualities school leaders will develop as a result of coaching, training, and school studies through the BES Accelerator.

Culture

Jan. 30, 2025

Avoiding Post-Break Burnout: Returning to Work with Balance & Clarity

Coming back to work after an extended break can feel both exciting and overwhelming.

Culture

Dec. 16, 2024

Rest Resource Guide: Rest is a Revolutionary Act

Rest is not an indulgence; it is a revolutionary act that empowers leaders to show up fully for their teams.

Data

Oct. 24, 2024

MAP Top 5: Achievement & Growth in Math

When BES Fellows and their schools succeed, we become a step closer to delivering on the promise of an excellent education for every child. Today, we continue to celebrate academic excellence by recognizing the highest-performing Fellow-founded schools among the 74 in our network-spanning geographies, grades, and tenure-whose students took the MAP math assessment in the 2023-24 school year.

Data

Sep. 06, 2024

MAP Top 5: Achievement & Growth in Reading

At BES, we believe an excellent school uses rigorous, culturally relevant curriculum, and leverages assessment data to inform instruction, leading students to master critical habits, skills, and content.

Coaching

Jun. 17, 2024

Celebrating the 2023-24 LENS Cohort

Congratulations to the 2023-24 cohort on successfully completing the BES LENS leadership development program! This year, 16 individuals from across the country completed the program.

Leadership

May. 01, 2024

BES Staff Spotlight: Jabari Peddie

As BES's Chief of Leadership Development, Jabari Peddie sets the strategic vision for coaching and developing leaders through the organization's programming.

Leadership

Apr. 24, 2024

ESSER will soon expire. How can you maximize funds before time runs out?

The deadline to use the final round of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds is approaching, but it’s not too late to identify resources and make the most out of this grant.

Staff

Apr. 17, 2024

BES Invites Alumni to Join Board of Directors

BES Alumni have invaluable experience as program participants and as school leaders that make them uniquely qualified to join our Board of Directors.

Staff

Dec. 28, 2023

In Honor of Linda Brown, Founder of BES

BES is saddened to hear of the passing of its founder Linda Brown, whose commitment to education laid the groundwork for transforming the lives of tens of thousands of students across the country.

Culture

May. 16, 2023

Equity Audits: Why They’re Necessary and Where to Start

In an effort to center our commitment to being an anti-racist organization and uplifting our values of diversity, equity and inclusion, BES underwent multiple listening sessions with our alumni over the past several years to understand how BES could better center equity in our work and better serve alumni, schools, communities, and students.