Sweat The Technique

How do we get better, faster? Pathbreaking educators come together to answer that question.

How do we get better, faster? A group of pathbreaking educators come together weekly to answer that question, applying lessons from the classroom to all areas of life — from parenting, to relationships, to sports, to hobbies and more. Sweat the Technique is hosted by four former principals and superintendents who’ve led gap-closing schools. That includes: Doug Lemov, author of the international bestseller Teach Like a Champion and trainer to many successful educators and leaders from professional sports, Ryan Hill, founder and CEO of a network of 23 KIPP public charter schools in New Jersey and Miami, Stacey Shells Harvey, founder and CEO of ReGeneration Schools, and Ravi Gupta, former leader of Tennessee’s highest performing network of charter schools and founder of the largest-ever training organization for Democratic candidates and staffers.

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Stacy Shells Harvey
HOST OF SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE PODCAST
Stacey Shells Harvey is the co-founder and chief executive officer of ReGeneration Schools, a non-profit charter school management organization that’s dedicated to creating and revitalizing schools through a college prep and character mission. Stacey currently manages a network of three campuses and six schools in Chicago, IL. ReGeneration Schools opened their first Cincinnati, Ohio campus in the Fall of 2019. Before founding ReGeneration Schools, Stacey was the managing director for Victory Education Partners in Chicago, where she moved the schools from the bottom 17% of the state to outperforming 64% of the state. Prior to moving to Chicago, she was a principal with Uncommon Schools, where she opened two charter schools in Rochester, NY, where her founding cohort of students at Rochester Prep ranked sixth in the state of NY for English Language Arts in 2008. Stacey’s work in urban education has been featured in the book Teach Like a Champion, by Doug Lemov, and Leverage Leadership, by Paul Bambrick. Stacey graduated from Hampton University with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. After undergrad, Stacey joined Teach For America in 1999, where she taught in Baltimore, Maryland and earned a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins in teaching. She went on to earn a second master’s degree in administration from Pace University
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Ravi Gupta
HOST OF SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE PODCAST
Before launching Lost Debate, Ravi founded Arena, where he led a team that helped elect over 75 candidates and train over 1500 political operatives. He’s the co-founder and chair of Second Chance Studios, a media company that exclusively employs the formerly incarcerated, and serves as the co-host of Majority 54, a political podcast about talking to friends and family with different political beliefs. Before Arena, he was the founder and CEO of RePublic Schools, a network of charter schools in the South. He also held a number of roles on Obama’s first campaign and first term, including as assistant to David Axelrod and Susan Rice — where he was “a slightly more substantive version of Gary from Veep.” A native of Staten Island, he graduated from Yale Law School, where, unbeknownst to the faculty, he was a pioneer in the concept of remote schooling, and Binghamton University, where he received an excellent and reasonably priced education.
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Ryan Hill
HOST OF SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE PODCAST
Ryan Hill is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of KIPP New Jersey and Miami, a non-profit, public charter school organization that serves nearly 10,000 students in 23 schools in Newark and Camden, New Jersey, and Miami, Florida. KIPP New Jersey and Miami is part of the national KIPP Network of Schools, which creates joyful, academically excellent schools to over 150,000 students in underserved communities across the country. Ryan was the founding principal of the first KIPP school in New Jersey, KIPP TEAM Academy, in 2002. Prior to that, he taught in a public district school in New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood, as part of the Teach For America program. Over the years, the schools he manages have helped their alumni more than triple the college graduation rate of their neighborhood schools, and KIPP New Jersey’s high school, Newark Collegiate Academy, sends more African American graduates on to college than any other school in Newark. Ryan received his bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin, and a Master’s in Education Leadership from National-Louis University. He is also an alumnus of Teach For America, the Broad Superintendent’s Academy, the Pahara Fellowship, and KIPP’s Fisher Fellowship program. Ryan and his wife, Joanne, have two children of their own, aged eleven and nine, and live in New Jersey.
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Doug Lemov
HOST OF SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE PODCAST
Doug Lemov is the author of the international bestseller Teach Like a Champion--now in its 3.0 version--and The Coach's Guide to Teaching. He is the co-author of Practice Perfect, Reading Reconsidered, and most recently Reconnect: Building School Culture for Meaning Purpose and Belonging. He is the founder and Chief Knowledge Officer of Teach Like a Champion, an organization that studies high performing teachers and provides high-quality training for educators. Prior to that he was a founder of Uncommon Schools as well as a charter school in Boston. He’s been an English teacher and a school principal and also a journalist, a pizza delivery guy, a bus boy, and a truck driver/installer of fine art. His three children assert that a few of his stories from those jobs are slightly less tedious and repetitive than the rest and he will share them if offered coffee or beer. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Masters in English from Indiana University and a BA from Hamilton College. While at Hamilton he played soccer and was almost assuredly the worst player of the decade.
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Stacy Shells Harvey
HOST OF SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE PODCAST
Stacey Shells Harvey is the co-founder and chief executive officer of ReGeneration Schools, a non-profit charter school management organization that’s dedicated to creating and revitalizing schools through a college prep and character mission. Stacey currently manages a network of three campuses and six schools in Chicago, IL. ReGeneration Schools opened their first Cincinnati, Ohio campus in the Fall of 2019. Before founding ReGeneration Schools, Stacey was the managing director for Victory Education Partners in Chicago, where she moved the schools from the bottom 17% of the state to outperforming 64% of the state. Prior to moving to Chicago, she was a principal with Uncommon Schools, where she opened two charter schools in Rochester, NY, where her founding cohort of students at Rochester Prep ranked sixth in the state of NY for English Language Arts in 2008. Stacey’s work in urban education has been featured in the book Teach Like a Champion, by Doug Lemov, and Leverage Leadership, by Paul Bambrick. Stacey graduated from Hampton University with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. After undergrad, Stacey joined Teach For America in 1999, where she taught in Baltimore, Maryland and earned a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins in teaching. She went on to earn a second master’s degree in administration from Pace University
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Doug Lemov
HOST OF SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE PODCAST
Doug Lemov is the author of the international bestseller Teach Like a Champion--now in its 3.0 version--and The Coach's Guide to Teaching. He is the co-author of Practice Perfect, Reading Reconsidered, and most recently Reconnect: Building School Culture for Meaning Purpose and Belonging. He is the founder and Chief Knowledge Officer of Teach Like a Champion, an organization that studies high performing teachers and provides high-quality training for educators. Prior to that he was a founder of Uncommon Schools as well as a charter school in Boston. He’s been an English teacher and a school principal and also a journalist, a pizza delivery guy, a bus boy, and a truck driver/installer of fine art. His three children assert that a few of his stories from those jobs are slightly less tedious and repetitive than the rest and he will share them if offered coffee or beer. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Masters in English from Indiana University and a BA from Hamilton College. While at Hamilton he played soccer and was almost assuredly the worst player of the decade.
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Ryan Hill
HOST OF SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE PODCAST
Ryan Hill is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of KIPP New Jersey and Miami, a non-profit, public charter school organization that serves nearly 10,000 students in 23 schools in Newark and Camden, New Jersey, and Miami, Florida. KIPP New Jersey and Miami is part of the national KIPP Network of Schools, which creates joyful, academically excellent schools to over 150,000 students in underserved communities across the country. Ryan was the founding principal of the first KIPP school in New Jersey, KIPP TEAM Academy, in 2002. Prior to that, he taught in a public district school in New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood, as part of the Teach For America program. Over the years, the schools he manages have helped their alumni more than triple the college graduation rate of their neighborhood schools, and KIPP New Jersey’s high school, Newark Collegiate Academy, sends more African American graduates on to college than any other school in Newark. Ryan received his bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin, and a Master’s in Education Leadership from National-Louis University. He is also an alumnus of Teach For America, the Broad Superintendent’s Academy, the Pahara Fellowship, and KIPP’s Fisher Fellowship program. Ryan and his wife, Joanne, have two children of their own, aged eleven and nine, and live in New Jersey.
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Ravi Gupta
HOST OF SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE PODCAST
Before launching Lost Debate, Ravi founded Arena, where he led a team that helped elect over 75 candidates and train over 1500 political operatives. He’s the co-founder and chair of Second Chance Studios, a media company that exclusively employs the formerly incarcerated, and serves as the co-host of Majority 54, a political podcast about talking to friends and family with different political beliefs. Before Arena, he was the founder and CEO of RePublic Schools, a network of charter schools in the South. He also held a number of roles on Obama’s first campaign and first term, including as assistant to David Axelrod and Susan Rice — where he was “a slightly more substantive version of Gary from Veep.” A native of Staten Island, he graduated from Yale Law School, where, unbeknownst to the faculty, he was a pioneer in the concept of remote schooling, and Binghamton University, where he received an excellent and reasonably priced education.
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Stacy Shells Harvey
HOST OF SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE PODCAST
Stacey Shells Harvey is the co-founder and chief executive officer of ReGeneration Schools, a non-profit charter school management organization that’s dedicated to creating and revitalizing schools through a college prep and character mission. Stacey currently manages a network of three campuses and six schools in Chicago, IL. ReGeneration Schools opened their first Cincinnati, Ohio campus in the Fall of 2019. Before founding ReGeneration Schools, Stacey was the managing director for Victory Education Partners in Chicago, where she moved the schools from the bottom 17% of the state to outperforming 64% of the state. Prior to moving to Chicago, she was a principal with Uncommon Schools, where she opened two charter schools in Rochester, NY, where her founding cohort of students at Rochester Prep ranked sixth in the state of NY for English Language Arts in 2008. Stacey’s work in urban education has been featured in the book Teach Like a Champion, by Doug Lemov, and Leverage Leadership, by Paul Bambrick. Stacey graduated from Hampton University with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. After undergrad, Stacey joined Teach For America in 1999, where she taught in Baltimore, Maryland and earned a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins in teaching. She went on to earn a second master’s degree in administration from Pace University
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Ryan Hill
HOST OF SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE PODCAST
Ryan Hill is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of KIPP New Jersey and Miami, a non-profit, public charter school organization that serves nearly 10,000 students in 23 schools in Newark and Camden, New Jersey, and Miami, Florida. KIPP New Jersey and Miami is part of the national KIPP Network of Schools, which creates joyful, academically excellent schools to over 150,000 students in underserved communities across the country. Ryan was the founding principal of the first KIPP school in New Jersey, KIPP TEAM Academy, in 2002. Prior to that, he taught in a public district school in New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood, as part of the Teach For America program. Over the years, the schools he manages have helped their alumni more than triple the college graduation rate of their neighborhood schools, and KIPP New Jersey’s high school, Newark Collegiate Academy, sends more African American graduates on to college than any other school in Newark. Ryan received his bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin, and a Master’s in Education Leadership from National-Louis University. He is also an alumnus of Teach For America, the Broad Superintendent’s Academy, the Pahara Fellowship, and KIPP’s Fisher Fellowship program. Ryan and his wife, Joanne, have two children of their own, aged eleven and nine, and live in New Jersey.
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Doug Lemov
HOST OF SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE PODCAST
Doug Lemov is the author of the international bestseller Teach Like a Champion--now in its 3.0 version--and The Coach's Guide to Teaching. He is the co-author of Practice Perfect, Reading Reconsidered, and most recently Reconnect: Building School Culture for Meaning Purpose and Belonging. He is the founder and Chief Knowledge Officer of Teach Like a Champion, an organization that studies high performing teachers and provides high-quality training for educators. Prior to that he was a founder of Uncommon Schools as well as a charter school in Boston. He’s been an English teacher and a school principal and also a journalist, a pizza delivery guy, a bus boy, and a truck driver/installer of fine art. His three children assert that a few of his stories from those jobs are slightly less tedious and repetitive than the rest and he will share them if offered coffee or beer. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Masters in English from Indiana University and a BA from Hamilton College. While at Hamilton he played soccer and was almost assuredly the worst player of the decade.
close
Ravi Gupta
HOST OF SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE PODCAST
Before launching Lost Debate, Ravi founded Arena, where he led a team that helped elect over 75 candidates and train over 1500 political operatives. He’s the co-founder and chair of Second Chance Studios, a media company that exclusively employs the formerly incarcerated, and serves as the co-host of Majority 54, a political podcast about talking to friends and family with different political beliefs. Before Arena, he was the founder and CEO of RePublic Schools, a network of charter schools in the South. He also held a number of roles on Obama’s first campaign and first term, including as assistant to David Axelrod and Susan Rice — where he was “a slightly more substantive version of Gary from Veep.” A native of Staten Island, he graduated from Yale Law School, where, unbeknownst to the faculty, he was a pioneer in the concept of remote schooling, and Binghamton University, where he received an excellent and reasonably priced education.
close