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Opportunity Culture®: Introduction for Educators

Slide deck without speaker notes | Slide deck with speaker notes This engaging slide deck speaks directly to teachers, providing an overview, with speaker notes, of why students, educators, schools and districts need an Opportunity Culture®, how it works, and where...

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 Culture®s, showing the importance of models that let teams led by excellent teachers reach many more students, and let all teachers...

An Opportunity Culture® for All

Making Teaching a Highly Paid, High-Impact Profession

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In this brief, Public Impact Co-Directors Emily Ayscue Hassel and Bryan C. Hassel update their vision of an Opportunity Culture. The brief explains how extending the reach of great teachers can start a virtuous cycle of excellence and higher pay for all teachers.

Resources for Developing Breakthrough Schools

March 8, 2013 - Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) recently published a list of resources that will be helpful to those developing new school designs for improving student outcomes using blended learning models. The list includes links to Public Impact®’s...

Nashville Sites Extending Excellent Teachers’ Reach

March 7, 2013—Public Impact® today announced the latest implementation site in its initiative to extend the reach of excellent teachers and build an Opportunity Culture® for teachers and students: Metro Nashville Public Schools’ Innovation Zone. Three pilot schools in...

Public Impact® Co-Director Addresses U.S. Governors

February 24, 2013—Public Impact® Co-Director Bryan C. Hassel spoke to the nation’s governors at their 2013 Winter Meeting in Washington, DC.  Appearing with AEI’s Rick Hess, Bryan gave the governors five concrete ideas for giving every student in their states...

New Opportunity Culture® Charter School Network

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...

Kales Named CMS 2012-2013 Principal of the Year

October 25, 2012 – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools recently announced that Tonya Kales of Ashley Park Pre-K-8 School was named the CMS 2012-2013 Principal of the Year. Earlier this month, she was also named the Project L.I.F.T. Principal of the Year. Project L.I.F.T. is...

Huff Post: Public Impact® ‘Extending The Reach’ Analysis

October 24, 2012 - Huffington Post featured Public Impact®’s "Extending the Reach" videos on its Education page. Despite the fact that both presidential candidates have spoken a lot about the importance of excellent teachers, the article says, teachers in the U.S....