April 27, 2012 - In Fordham’s new book Education Reform for the Digital Era, Bryan C. Hassel and Emily Ayscue Hassel’s opening chapter proposes that “digital education needs excellent teachers and that a first-rate teaching profession needs digital education.” In the...
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How Can New Standards and Innovation Be Friends?
March 38, 2012 - In a collection of essays, Education Sector asked commentators to address a set of dilemmas facing the nation in the current reform moment. Bryan Hassel and Emily Ayscue Hassel tackled one: Will the Common Core and new teacher evaluation systems...
Infographic: Extending the Reach of Excellent Teachers
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 teachers in charge of every student’s learning.
Kickin’ It Old School and Inventing the Future
January 27, 2012 - In this Getting Smart blog post, Tom Vander Ark cites Public Impact®’s Opportunity at the Top, highlighting that even though we can’t put a great teacher in every classroom in school systems as they exist now, we can leverage technology and talent...
100Kin10 Initiative
January 18, 2012 - Public Impact® has been named a 100Kin10 partner, agreeing to help extend the reach of excellent STEM educators. The national 100Kin10 movement aims to recruit, prepare, and retain 100,000 science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers...
How Digital Learning Will Benefit Low-Income Students
December 28, 2011 - As Tom Vander Ark suggests in this Huffington Post article, the top benefit of digital learning for low-income students will be to give every student access to great teachers in every subject. He cites Public Impact®’s initiative and strategies for...
Opportunity at the Top
Our nation is squandering one of its most important resources—our best teachers—and children are paying the price. Written with support from The Joyce Foundation, this report was a foundational document, building on 3x for All, for the Opportunity Culture initiative, explaining why traditional policy initiatives have been unsuccessful and exploring the potential impact of policy initiatives designed to improve student access to great teachers
Brief Models for Extending the Reach of Excellent Teachers
December 14, 2011 - Public Impact® releases school designs that put top teachers in charge of every child’s learning. These models use job redesign, technology, or both to help excellent teachers reach more students. Learn more here.
Public Impact®® Seeks Five Major Sites
December 14, 2011 - Public Impact® is seeking sites to create prototypes and scale new school models that put excellent teachers in charge of far more students’ learning, within budget. Read the announcement. Learn what we’re looking for in sites.
New Models for Extending the Reach of Excellent Teachers: Seeking Implementers
December 14, 2011 - This post at Education Next announces Public Impact®’s release of school models for extending the reach of excellent teacher to more students, for more pay, within budget, and the search for five major sites to tailor and implement these and...