Touchstone Education Case Study

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This is one in a series of case studies looking at how districts, charter schools, and other programs have begun using Opportunity Culture® models or experimented with similar means of expanding teachers’ impact on students and peer teachers. In Touchstone Education: New Charter With Experienced Leader Learns From Extending Teachers’ Reach, we take a first look at a small first-year school within a charter school organization that has big plans for growth, and see how it combined Multi-Classroom Leadership and a Time-Technology Swap for strong reading results.

 

 

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