Arkansas, Texas, Virginia, and North Carolina School Systems Join National Opportunity Culture Initiative
By Sharon Kebschull Barrett, May 12, 2022 Eleven school districts and a charter management organization in Texas, North Carolina, Virginia, and Arkansas are the latest to join the national Opportunity Culture initiative, led by Public Impact, which extends the reach of excellent teachers and their teams to more students, for more pay, within recurring budgets.…
Annual Opportunity Culture Dashboard 2021-22 Update: Opportunity Culture Growth—By the Numbers
By Public Impact, May 12, 2022 As districts seek innovations to bolster student academics and bring support and joy to students and teachers, the Opportunity Culture model continues to spread and produce results, even in another challenging pandemic year. Each year, Public Impact analyzes Opportunity Culture data to improve its materials and its work with…
Watch: Introduction to Opportunity Culture Models + Residency: A Webinar
By Public Impact, May 12, 2022 How are Opportunity Culture models—which bring excellent teaching to many more students, with sustainably higher pay for educators—helping Texas schools and students even in a time of pandemic stress and teacher shortages? And how can they help schools around the country strengthen their teacher pipelines as well?
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How Opportunity Culture Redesigns Help Address Teacher Shortages
By Public Impact, April 7, 2022 What if you could improve student outcomes even in a time of rising teacher shortages? Many schools and districts report feeling stuck on the hamster wheel of trying to fill all their open positions. This struggle has been worsening for years. According to one report, the share of schools…
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Teacher-Assistant Partnership Benefits Students: March OC Newsletter
By Public Impact, March 31, 2022 The March newsletter includes a spotlight focused on the partnership of a Guilford expanded-impact teacher & her teaching assistant, emphasizing the power of the TA doing small-group tutoring; resources; videos; and more. Read the March 2022 newsletter here.
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Teacher-Assistant Partnership Helps Students Grow
By Sharon Kebschull Barrett, March 28, 2022 In August 2021, Angela Caldwell, an Opportunity Culture expanded-impact kindergarten teacher at Montlieu Academy of Technology in Guilford County, North Carolina, found herself unexpectedly on her own with a classroom of 22 students, after her teaching assistant left just as the school year began. So she felt relief…
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