June 3, 2019, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— Public Impact announces the fifth cohort of Opportunity Culture Fellows, made up of 10 Opportunity Culture multi-classroom leaders and 5 principals who have achieved strong results and been leaders in their schools and districts. Read the full press release…
Press Releases
Arkansas Department of Education Expands Opportunity Culture
March 14, 2019, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— After a pilot year at North Little Rock Middle School, the Arkansas Department of Education has expanded its Opportunity Culture pilot to three more districts. Opportunity Culture schools use new roles—based on the cornerstone role of Multi-Classroom Leadership—to reach many more students with excellent, personalized instruction. Read the full press release…
Opportunity Culture Dashboard Updates Data on Nationwide Initiative
March 6, 2019, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— Public Impact, which created and leads the national Opportunity Culture initiative, updates the Opportunity Culture dashboard annually and today released the latest results from 2018–19, showing that student learning continues to benefit, and teachers want to keep and grow Opportunity Culture. Read the full press release…
3 Districts to Implement Opportunity Culture with Advanced Teaching Roles
January 31, 2019, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— In the latest round of funding for the state’s Advanced Teaching Roles pilot, the North Carolina State Board of Education awarded grants to three districts that will implement Opportunity Culture roles—Halifax County and Hertford County in eastern North Carolina and Lexington City Schools in Davidson County. Read the full press release…
Opportunity Culture Schools in N.C. Outpace State Results
December 13, 2018, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— In 2017–18, while only 27 percent of non-Opportunity Culture schools in North Carolina exceeded student learning growth targets, nearly double that—53 percent—of Opportunity Culture schools exceeded growth, Public Impact announced. Read the full press release…
Guilford County Schools Joins Opportunity Culture
April 19, 2018, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Under Superintendent Sharon Contreras, Guilford County Schools has joined the national Opportunity Culture initiative to extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams to more students, for more pay, within schools’ recurring budgets. Read the full press release…
Large Academic Gains in Opportunity Culture, Brookings-AIR Study Finds
January 11, 2018, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Students in classrooms of team teachers led by Opportunity Culture “multi-classroom leaders” showed sizeable academic gains, according to a new study from the American Institutes for Research and the Brookings Institution. Read the full press release…
North Little Rock Joins Opportunity Culture
July 11, 2017, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— In Arkansas, North Little Rock Middle School will begin this fall using multi-classroom leadership—in which excellent teachers lead a teaching team, for more pay, within the regular school budget—as a pilot school for a statewide initiative to reach all students with excellent teaching. Read the full press release…
Vance County Schools Joins Opportunity Culture
February 2, 2017, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— With a focus on teacher recruitment and retention, Vance County Schools, based in Henderson, N.C., has joined the national Opportunity Culture initiative to extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams to more students, for more pay, within recurring budgets. Read the full press release here…
Edgecombe County Public Schools Joins Opportunity Culture
January 11, 2016, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—To attract and retain great teachers, Edgecombe County Public Schools, located along the Tar River in flood-ravaged North Carolina, has joined the national Opportunity Culture initiative to extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams to more students, for more pay, within recurring budgets. Read the full press release here…