February 6, 2013—Public Impact today announced its selection of four founding members of a national network of charter school organizations that will create an Opportunity Culture for teachers and extend the reach of excellent teachers to more students: Foundations College Prep (Chicago), Ingenuity Prep (Washington, D.C.), Touchstone Education (Newark), and Venture Academy (Minneapolis). This new national network is a critical part of Public Impact’s Opportunity Culture initiative and its effort to work with implementation sites to prototype new school models, all of which use job redesign and technology to reach more students with excellent teachers, for more pay, within budget. Read our press release to learn more.
Parts 1 and 2: Paying Teachers More—Within Budget (10:08)
Watch this space for an updated motiongraphic, based on the experiences of the first pilot schools to implement their own Opportunity Cultures, showing the importance of models that let teams led by excellent teachers reach many more students, and let all teachers...