Charter-Like Freedoms for District Schools: A New Path
Across the United States, school districts have a new option for their schools—“autonomous district schools”—that gives schools the freedoms of charter schools and districts a way to grow high-quality,...
View ArticleReengaging Disconnected Youth: Early Lessons from Newark
New Jersey’s youth face enormous, long-standing challenges, many stemming from historic discrimination and endemic poverty. Nearly 4,000 youth between the ages of 16 and 20 are not in school, and about...
View ArticleBringing Indiana Teacher Pay, Prep Up to Snuff
How much does Indiana need to catch up to surrounding states on teacher pay? The short answer? $658.1 million—that’s the cost of bringing Indiana teacher pay to the regional median. In a thorough look...
View ArticleHigh-Growth Learning, 56K Students Reached: Opportunity Culture 2018–19
As student learning continues to benefit, teachers want to keep and grow Opportunity Culture: That’s just one of the many findings and stats to report from the 2018-19 update of the Opportunity Culture...
View ArticleArkansas Opportunity Culture Pilot Adds 3 Districts and 8 North Little Rock...
Opportunity Culture continues to grow: After an initial year at North Little Rock Middle School, the Arkansas Department of Education has expanded its Opportunity Culture pilot to three more...
View ArticleOpportunity Culture News: New Opportunity Culture Site, Multi-Classroom...
Opportunity Culture schools and educators continue to attract attention…check out these posts from new sites, multi-classroom leader columns, and an exciting award for a multi-classroom leader....
View ArticlePublic Impact Welcomes Fifth Cohort of Opportunity Culture Fellows
Public Impact announces with pleasure our fifth cohort of Opportunity Culture Fellows. This year’s 15 fellows are Opportunity Culture multi-classroom leaders and principals who have achieved strong...
View ArticleAs COVID-19 Forces Shutdowns, Resources for Teaching and Learning at Home
As many schools close and turn to online learning due to COVID-19, multi-classroom leaders (MCLs) can help smooth and lead the way for their teaching teams and students. Students need their teachers’...
View ArticleWill Learning Pods Be Only for the Rich?
Education Week, August 25, 2020, by Bryan C. Hassel and Sharon Kebschull Barrett To exhausted or worried parents deciding whether to send their children into school buildings this fall, “pandemic pods”...
View ArticleExplore Eight Years of Data in Interactive Restart Dashboard, Progress Report
When a school struggles to support student learning year after year, schools need dramatic changes, but for too long the choice seemed to be to close the school or attempt an internal turnaround. How...
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