The U.S. spends more per capita on K–12 education than almost every other country on Earth. Yet achievement gaps persist, and we have fallen behind globally.
Why? Only 25 percent of classes are taught by excellent teachers. With an excellent teacher versus an average teacher, students make about an extra half-year of progress every year—closing achievement gaps fast, leaping ahead to become honors students, and surging forward like top international peers.
Unfortunately, existing strategies alone will never fill our 3 million classrooms with teachers as good as today’s top 25 percent. Schools can fix this by extending the reach of excellent teachers using job redesign and technology.
New school models also create career paths that offer all teachers career advancement opportunities. Advancement allows greater impact on children and more pay—within budget.
We call this an Opportunity Culture.

Empowering Teacher-Leaders to Extend Their Reach by Leading Teams Case Study [pdf] This is the first in a series of case studies offering in-depth looks at how districts, charter schools, and other programs have begun using Opportunity Culture models or experimented with similar means of expanding teachers’ impact on students and peer teachers. This study [...]

A Vision for Boosting Student Outcomes with Digital Learning
Full Report [pdf]
Blended learning that combines digital instruction with live, accountable teachers holds unique promise to improve student outcomes dramatically.

Why does every child need consistent access to excellent teachers, and how can we, today, extend the reach of the excellent teachers our nation already has? Public Impact teamed up with designers at Column Five to develop this infographic with the answers. It illustrates four ways school can use job redesign and technology to put excellent [...]

How America’s Best Teachers Could Close the Gaps, Raise the Bar, and Keep Our Nation Great
Executive Summary [pdf] | Full Report [pdf] | Two-Page Brief [pdf]
Our nation is squandering one of its most important resources—our best teachers—and children are paying the price.

Extending the Reach of Education’s Best
Full Report [pdf]
Instead of just trying to recruit more great teachers, what if we could reach dramatically more children with the great teachers we already have?

Moving Toward a Highly Paid, High-Impact Profession
Two-page Report (pdf)
This two-page report speaks directly to excellent teachers and those aspiring to excellence to introduce the concepts of an Opportunity Culture and its benefits for teachers and staff.

More Pay & Time to Collaborate, Lead, Reach More Students
Two-page Report (pdf)
If you are an excellent teacher or one who aspires to excellence, this two-page report explains how schools can use redesigned jobs and career paths to help you stay enthusiastic about teaching, reach more students, and lead your peers, for more pay.
June 18, 2013
How could an Opportunity Culture help an entire district, not just a few schools? As the keynote speakers at Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s Leadership Conference on Monday, Public Impact’s Bryan C. … [Read More...]
June 17, 2013
In Public Impact’s Opportunity Culture school models, schools use job redesign and technology to reach more students with excellent teachers, for more pay, within budget. As districts and schools … [Read More...]
June 14, 2013
RETHINK: Planning and Designing for K-12 Next Generation Learning: iNACOL (the International Association of of K-12 Online Learning) and Next Generation Learning Challenges created this toolkit to … [Read More...]
June 5, 2013
Meet Romain Bertrand: middle school math teacher and Opportunity Culture enthusiast. As this school year winds down, he’s already thoroughly looking forward to the next—when he will become a … [Read More...]
May 31, 2013
Recent Opportunity Culture appearances: Schools Test New Ways to Deploy Teachers: How Project L.I.F.T. schools in Charlotte are creating an Opportunity Culture to attract and retain top teachers, at … [Read More...]
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