Fortunately, we already know that 1) it's possible to turn around low-achieving schools, 2) successful turnarounds focus on five common elements to turn themselves around - leadership, instructional improvement, curriculum, school climate, and parent and community involvement and support, and 3) they implement common practices to carry out each element.
But while working through what elements to turn into finished cuts and which to set to one side, 65days were careful to collect every "scrap" for a very special purpose: so that they could become part of the game's persistently generative ambient soundtrack, overseen by audio director Paul Weir.
By far the most important element needed to turn those theater defenses into potential national defenses are long-range sensors, said Dr. David Wright, a senior staff scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists and a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The key element is to turn the prefecture into a free-trade zone under a "one country, two systems" formula that would offer Okinawa a more flexible tax and regulatory regime than mainland Japan.
My own sense is that NGT never really had the elements needed to turn it into an intellectual success story; too much of it involved making assumptions about how unmeasurable things affected other unmeasurable things.
In interviews and meetings and in an open letter to the voters written for Mr. Putin during the election campaign, Mr. Gref has elaborated on Mr. Putin's commitment to a strong and efficient government, property rights, openness and the rule of law -- all elements needed to turn Russia's twisted economy into a level playing field suitable for desperately needed investment.
In this issue, those trying to hold onto power plot their next moves, those trying to snatch up power question the ruthlessness of their tactics, and mystical elements begin to turn the tide.
The video possesses the perfect blend of elements needed to turn a good cause into a social explosion: a clear bad guy (Kony abducts children and forces them to become brutal soldiers), an inspiring plan of action and, most importantly, an invitation to find the compassion in our hearts.
