Below are some of the most recent news articles featuring Public Impact and our work. To read more, searchable by topic, visit our resource database. For more news about our Opportunity Culture initiative, visit the Opportunity Culture website.
Accesswire, Thursday, April 14, 2022
DALLAS, Texas—Uplift Education is thrilled to announce that they have joined the growing, national Opportunity Culture movement to reach all students with excellent teaching, to help students meet their academic goals and leap ahead. Uplift has partnered with Tarleton State University, Public Impact, and US PREP …
EdNC, March 16, 2022, by Mebane Rash.
“Students in high-poverty schools are about half as likely to have access to highly effective teachers, compared to students in low-poverty schools,” said Johanna Anderson, executive director of The Belk Foundation, at a recent convening of their board of directors and education stakeholders.
This is not …
Idaho Ed News, March 7, 2022, by Terry Ryan
“Idaho had the largest percentage population growth in 2021, followed by Utah, Montana and Arizona” read the December 27th, 2021 headline. It is well known to those of us living here that our state is growing. As a result of this growth in …
CNET, February 14, 2022 by Antonio Ruiz Camacho.
The pandemic may be the last straw for a profession mired in stagnant pay, compounding demands and endemic burnout. The situation has some asking if the field of teaching needs a reset.
It took just a simple question for Andria Nelson to grasp how …
ASU News, February 8, 2022.
Virtual conference convenes education leaders from around the world to consider a redesign of the classroom.
America does not have a shortage of licensed teachers. It does, however, have a shortage of people who want to teach.
High pressure. Low pay. Little encouragement. More responsibilities heaped on each …
KTVB, February 8, 2022, by Tristan Lewis.
A study commissioned by BLUUM shows there could be more than 42,000 more K-12 students in the state by 2030, compared to 2020.
As the state of Idaho grows in population, Gem State school populations are growing as well. A new study by Idaho non-profit …
Idaho Statesman, January 10, 2022, by Becca Savransky.
Idaho legislators this year plan to push to fund optional full-day kindergarten, a proposal experts say would help improve Idaho’s reading outcomes as children enter first grade.
Lawmakers said not only will funding full-day kindergarten give more kids that extra academic time, but will …
Idaho Stateman, December 21, 2021, by Terry Ryan.
The COVID-19 pandemic has depressed in historic fashion literacy results for elementary school children across the country. Performance on the iReady test administered nationally by Curriculum Associates showed, “compared to historical averages, fewer second and third graders were at grade level in reading …
KTVB7, December 17, 2021, by Tristan Lewis.
Conversations surrounding free all-day kindergarten, the benefits behind it and how lawmakers want it paid for are starting up once again, as the 2022 legislative session is just weeks away.
“Really, this isn’t new,” District 18 Sen. Janie Ward-Engelking, D-Boise, said. “This is a bill …
Idaho Ed News, December 17, 2021, by Kyle Pfannenstiel.
Idaho’s full-day kindergarteners are advancing their reading and writing skills faster than their peers in half-day programs, a new report shows.
The research, published Thursday by North Carolina-based education firm Public Impact and Idaho charter support group Bluum, found that the state’s full-day kindergarteners started last school year behind students in half-day programs, but …