Check out our podcast on how one rural school district solved a teaching vacancy by sharing a remotely-located team leader with another district. Also hear how education advocates in Pennsylvania and Mississippi are responding to a teacher retention crisis in their states, and see the three key steps we suggest policymakers should take to support […]
Win Federal Education Grants with Built-In Matching Funds
Get help bringing grants to your state or district—with proven design that fits federal opportunities, boosting learning and pay! Public Impact has won all of our past grant proposals written for federal TSL/TIF applicants, and we can help you with three current and upcoming federal grants. Incorporating Opportunity Culture® design—which better matches grant criteria than other approaches—in your applications improves your chances of success, with its 12+ years of nation-leading results for students and teachers. Learn more in this edition of our newsletter.
National Opportunity Culture® Results: 2–3X Schoolwide High Growth
New findings from national data show that schools using updated Opportunity Culture® staffing design standards achieved, on average, two to three times the rate of schoolwide high-growth learning of other schools in the same states in 2024–25. Plus listen to us on the Future of Education podcast, and hear our conversations with three superintendents about their experiences using Opportunity Culture® models in their districts. All this and more in our March 2026 newsletter!
Record Number of Systems to Join Opportunity Culture® Initiative
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.
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.
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!
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!