Introduction: Opportunity Culture® Models

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For educators, policymakers, and anyone else interested in dramatic improvements in education, this short slide deck with brief speaker notes provides a useful overview of why students and educators need an Opportunity Culture®, how it works, the research supporting it, what states and districts can do to support it, and a list of more resources.

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