The Opportunity Culture Model: Public Impact Co-President Bryan Hassel will be a featured expert at the Next Education Workforce Summit, February 2–3, hosted by Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. Read his Q&A where he discusses the Opportunity Culture initiative. Trends in the Teacher Workforce: Tune in to an online panel February 23 moderated by Public Impact Senior […]
New Report: The Impact and Outcomes of Full-Day Kindergarten
In a state where only 42 percent of kindergartners scored at or above grade level on the state’s Reading Indicator in fall 2020, the need for more and better early education is clear. Research shows that attending full-day kindergarten boosts students’ academic outcomes, self-confidence, and ability to work and play with other children. Yet Idaho […]
Tuesday Webinar to Address Innovations in Curricula and Professional Learning Post-Covid
Public Impact Co-President Bryan Hassel will join a panel on Tuesday, November 2, on “Learning at Home and in the Classroom: Innovation in Curricula & Professional Learning,” hosted by the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading. Hassel will share how Opportunity Culture roles can help with teacher shortages, what professional development looks like on Opportunity Culture multi-classroom […]
Multiple Groups Recommend Opportunity Culture Models as a Covid Recovery Strategy
As districts continue to cope with a drawn-out end to the pandemic and worsening staff shortages, education research groups, advocacy organizations, and state and federal offices have publicized strategies for Covid recovery—with many suggesting Opportunity Culture models as one strategy to consider. U.S. Department of Education, Strategies for Using American Rescue Plan Funding to Address the […]
Researchers Report Strong Student Learning Results in Texas Opportunity Culture District
Researchers from Texas Tech University report that students served by Opportunity Culture multi-classroom leader teaching teams achieved learning growth in the top quartile teamwide, on average, according to their study of the Ector County Independent School District’s first Opportunity Culture year. The district asked the researchers to conduct an independent review of its first eight Opportunity Culture […]
Growing Opportunity Culture Residencies in Texas
Bringing a fresh approach to teacher training, five more Texas school districts will be providing yearlong, paid teacher residencies on teaching teams led by excellent teachers in the 2021–22 school year, by implementing Opportunity Culture roles in partnership with local universities and US PREP National Center (University-School Partnerships for the Renewal of Educator Preparation). The national Opportunity Culture initiative, led […]
The 2021 National Cohort of Opportunity Culture Fellows
By Public Impact Public Impact announces with pleasure the seventh cohort of Opportunity Culture Fellows, made up of eight principals who have achieved strong results in their schools and districts. Fellows provide support to their cohort, take one another’s ideas back to their schools, write columns or lead webinars about their experiences, and speak locally […]
Annual Opportunity Culture Dashboard Update Highlights Growth, Educator Support in 2020–21
By Public Impact 510+ schools committed to Opportunity Culture 3,400+ teachers with advanced roles or on-the-job development 83,000+ students reached by excellent teachers extending their reach $9.2 million in extra pay for teachers in 2020–21; $29.9 million since Opportunity Culture began 49 Opportunity Culture sites in 10 states—and growing Strong educator support: 98% of surveyed […]
Federal Policy for Opportunity Anew
By Public Impact In the wake of Covid-19, the U.S. pre-K–12 education system needs more than a refresh. We need to think anew. In a new Public Impact brief, we recommend the means through federal policy to bring critical, effective instructional and emotional supports to millions of teachers and their students—for a price tag the country can […]
Opportunity Culture Spreads in Arkansas, North Carolina with State Support
By Public Impact After the continued promising results in Opportunity Culture schools in their states and around the country, Arkansas and North Carolina have awarded grants to seven districts to design their Opportunity Culture plans for implementation in 2021–22. Opportunity Culture schools use new roles—based on the cornerstone role of Multi-Classroom Leadership—to reach many more […]
Opportunity Culture: Teaching, Leading, Learning
By Public Impact Why and how should you use Opportunity Culture? Watch our two-part video to get the scoop! What barriers keep teachers and students from experiencing great support and strong learning outcomes? Part 1 highlights barriers that an Opportunity Culture can remove. Part 2 details how an Opportunity Culture provides on-the-job, consistent support for […]
Explore Eight Years of Data in Interactive Restart Dashboard, Progress Report
By Paola Gilliam and Sharon Kebschull Barrett When a school struggles to support student learning year after year, schools need dramatic changes, but for too long the choice seemed to be to close the school or attempt an internal turnaround. How has the third option—restarting a school with the same students but with a new […]