E43-Dr. Mario Acosta, Solution Tree


NewTech High Podcast
July 1, 2026

Dr. Mario Acosta Podcast:  (click here to view)

This morning, we hosted Dr. Mario Acosta, from Solution Tree on our podcast ranging from topics such as  Professional Learning Communities, School Culture and High-Reliability Schools using the Robert Marzano framework. 

Mario Acosta, EdD, is an award-winning educator, accomplished author, and highly regarded speaker and consultant. He spent 20 years of his educational career as a teacher, instructional coach, assistant principal, academic director, and principal leading schools with diverse profiles in the state of Texas. He was named the 2022 Principal of the Year in the State of Texas while he was the principal at Westwood High School, a U.S. News & World Report top-50 campus and member of the High Reliability Schools (HRS) Network.


Dr. Acosta has had success in leading schools of all sizes, with students and teachers from a variety of backgrounds, communities, and socio-economic status. Dr. Acosta has led “school turnaround” in high poverty schools in the State of Texas at both the middle and high school levels which yielded immediate and significant growth in student achievement data. Furthermore, under his leadership, Westwood High School was recognized as a top 1% campus in the nation for their academic achievement and college/career readiness.


Dr. Acosta is the author of several books on school culture, PLC’s and High-Reliability Schools: Cultures of Continuous Learning. In 2022, Dr. Acosta joined the Marzano Resources-Solution Tree team and works as an author and national presenter. 


Dr. Acosta is the author of several books on school culture, PLC’s and High-Reliability Schools: Cultures of Continuous Learning. In 2022, Dr. Acosta joined the Marzano Resources-Solution Tree team and works as an author and national presenter. 


Mario's Solution Tree page


Mario Acosta Podcasts

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-edleadership-pair-real-conversations-for-todays/id1868271925


Learning Omnivores Conference Postponed

We were sorry to postpone the Learning Omnivores conference on July 14 in Hutchinson. We are looking at alternate dates in the early Fall once we have all staff back. The encouraging part was hearing that there were others that wanted to go, but hadn't signed up yet. Also, they were committed to attend this conference in the future.



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