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.
Education Week, October, 14, 2019, by Rick Hess
One of the more frustrating education debates of the past quarter century has been the debate about, as Gary Burtless’s Brookings volume put it back in 1996, Does Money Matter? I mean, it’s tough to think of anywhere else in American life where we’d even …
Ahead of the Heard, August 14, 2019, by Chad Aldeman
How should we train teachers? How do we ensure that all students have access to great teaching?
Those questions are at the heart of many education policy debates. While it may be difficult to “raise the bar” on the teaching profession by erecting …
Education Dive, July 11, 2019, by Shawna De La Rosa
Students in online charter schools have generally performed less well than their peers in brick-and-mortar classrooms, but this doesn’t have to be the case. With specific strategies, online schools can be a viable alternative to traditional public education, according to a …
Walton Family Foundation, July, 9, 2019, by Johannah Chase
Report details how charter schools and parents can work together to improve outcomes for students with disabilities
Parents are the experts on their children.
They know the hidden strengths they possess, talents that schools might not easily unearth. They understand the unique challenges their children experience …
The 74, June 28, 2019, by Beth Hawkins
When it comes to living up to their obligation to serve students with disabilities, public charter schools face a host of challenges. In addition to the perennial headache of underfunding, there are bureaucratic constraints, a woeful lack of teacher preparation in special education …
Rocky Mount Telegram, March 12, 2019, by Amelia Harper
One Phillips Middle School teacher received the surprise of a lifetime Monday when she was told she had just won a $175,000 grant for herself, her school and for Edgecombe County Public Schools.
Casandra Cherry is in her second year as the math …
Christensen Institute, March 7, 2019, by Thomas Arnett and Julia Freeland Fisher
In a recent post, we shed light on the difference between blended learning—an instructional modality that describes integrating technology to deliver some content—and personalized learning—a philosophy that believes in a combination of modalities and goals for better and (and …
EdNC, March 6, 2019
Public Impact, which created and leads the national Opportunity Culture initiative, updates the Opportunity Culture dashboard annually and today released the latest results from 2018–19, showing that student learning continues to benefit, and teachers want to keep and grow Opportunity Culture.
The national Opportunity Culture initiative extends the reach of …
EdNC, March 4, 2019, by Analisa Sorrells
After recruiting, training, and inducting a teacher, what does it take to keep them in the classroom? Answering that question was the focus of the Governor’s Commission on Access to Sound Basic Education during its meeting last week.
American Enterprise Institute, February 8, 2019, by Frederick M. Hess and Amy Cummings
Frustration with teacher pay is widespread. This is true even considering that school spending (per pupil, adjusted for inflation) has grown by more than 30 percent since 1992.