We’re excited to announce that, with state funding in New Mexico and North Carolina and private funding in Oklahoma, 25 school systems will join the national Opportunity Culture® initiative in 2026. We also shine a spotlight on Carlsbad Municipal Schools; tout the “great success” being seen in Bristol, Tennessee; and highlight a report on how Opportunity Culture® models can help address teacher compensation pressures in Mississippi. All this and more in our latest newsletter.
Ed Prep Providers: Obtain Free Certification
Public Impact will begin conferring Certified Opportunity Culture™ Career Prep Pathway status on educator preparation programs that place paid residents and apprentices, or provide licensure to new teachers, in schools with Certified Opportunity Culture School® status. Also, a look a how Opportunity Culture® teams and a focus on high-quality instructional materials sparked early wins in a Louisiana district. Read more in this edition of our newsletter.
Up to 3X More Learning Growth with Opportunity Culture® Designs—New Data
North Carolina schools with Certified Opportunity Culture School® status were two to three times more likely to exceed learning growth expectations than schools not using Opportunity Culture® staffing design, 2024–25 data from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction shows. Read more in this special edition of our newsletter.
Senators Hear About Opportunity Culture Results
Opportunity Culture® teaching teams work, U.S. senators heard in a Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions hearing on the state of K–12 education. Read a summary of the compelling case made by witnesses this edition of our newsletter.
Go Big for Big Student Results
When schools and districts begin using teaching teams, should they wade in, or dive in? Find out the answer by reading this edition of our newsletter, featuring a podcast that reveals what district leaders have said over the past decade about how best to improve student learning growth and teacher careers. Also, learn how funders […]
A classroom staffing model is improving outcomes for teachers and students
From EdNC, by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto, July 31, 2025 What would happen if schools changed the way they staffed a classroom? What if instead of the traditional method — one teacher leading a classroom — a whole team of teachers were available to support students? Teacher-led teams are yielding “top-tier results nationally,” according to a press release from Public […]
5 How-To’s for School Success
How can you reverse student learning slides in three steps ? Avoid K-12 scale fail? Stop wasting student teachers’ time and money? Add tutoring time for free? Right-size your tutoring groups? Public Impact® Co-President Bryan Hassel offers advice in a recent series of short posts. Plus, how to make 6-figure educator pay a reality; summer staffing design workshops; virtual summer professional learning; tools for summer planning, and more in our latest newsletter!
3 Moves to Reverse Student Learning Slide; Learning Can’t Wait Podcast
Public Impact® Co-President Bryan Hassel recently made the case for three moves the nation should make to address student learning loss—with Opportunity Culture® teaching teams pointing the way. And on the Learning Can’t Wait podcast, Hassel and his colleague, Kendall King, discussed how innovative staffing models like the Opportunity Culture® initiative are transforming schools across the country. Read these stories and more in our latest newsletter.
3 Moves to Reverse Student Learning Slide
by Bryan C. Hassel | May 1, 2025 Our nation could reverse and completely recover from student learning slides with three moves: 1. Embed small-group tutoring in regular classrooms by boosting the time all adults spend on it for all students. 2. Spread accountable teacher-leader roles reserved for teachers with prior high growth or similar results. These leaders can organize schedules and lead adults […]
A Superintendent’s Reset for Success; Districts Share Excellent Educators
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 […]