With Opportunity Culture® implementation reset, Texas district’s students and educators start seeing success—and six-figure pay for some teaching team leaders. Also, with our partner The Innovation Project, we published two op-eds this month in EducationNC. Read those stories and more in our latest newsletter!
Opportunity Culture Roles Produce Learning Growth Results—Within Budget
In a year of bleak NAEP outcomes nationwide, the latest data on schools using Opportunity Culture® teaching teams provides hope for scaling up student learning results nationwide. Read about the latest data in our newsletter here!
New Data, Big Results: Opportunity Culture Roles Outpace Others in Learning Growth
February 21, 2025, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—In a year of bleak NAEP outcomes nationwide, the latest data on schools using Opportunity Culture® teaching teams provides hope for scaling up student learning results nationwide. Title I schools that had Multi-Classroom Leader® teaching teams for at least four years and were reaching all students in core subjects in […]
New Data, Big Results: Opportunity Culture Roles Outpace Others in Learning Growth
In a year of bleak NAEP outcomes nationwide, the latest data on schools using Opportunity Culture® teaching teams provides hope for scaling up student learning results nationwide.
Both experience with Multi-Classroom Leader® teams and the percentage of students reached by them affected schoolwide outcomes.
Title I schools that had several years of experience with these teams, which can include new educator roles, and reached students schoolwide showed the best growth results—boosting their odds of high-growth learning schoolwide by 83 percent over schools without the roles.
Responding to NAEP; Workshops Speed Up Strategic Staffing Planning
Do you work with or know of a district looking for an affordable, time-conserving way to get strategic staffing designed—creating a plan that produces results for students and teachers? Read about our new district- and school-level design workshops coming in March and April! Also in our February newsletter: we announce which schools using Opportunity Culture® models have received certification at several levels for the 2024–25 year, as well as the first schools nationally to receive “validated” status; our co-presidents’ respond to the latest NAEP scores; we share news, blog posts, and videos from districts across the country using Opportunity Culture® models; and offer the chance to see several of these districts in action by registering for two upcoming site visits. Read more in our latest newsletter here!
A Sure Fix for NAEP Woes
The latest NAEP scores are no surprise, despite educators’ hard work to support students, but this is not just an educational crisis; it’s an economic one. Education outcomes determine students’ job prospects, which affect local and state economies—and tax revenues. Learning boosts add to public funding, while shortfalls drain public funding. Whatever you care about, K–12 learning results could pay for it, and support students and their communities.
What is the sure fix? Choose changes with the maximum average outcomes.