March 7, 2013, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Public Impact, a national education organization, announces 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. Read full press release…
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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...
Public Impact® Names Founding Opportunity Culture® Charter School Network Members
February 6, 2013, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— 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. Read full press release…
Teachers: This is the Moment to Expand Your Impact
October 26, 2012 - In this abridged version of the Commentary that appeared in Education Week, Celine Coggins of Teach Plus joins Public Impact®'s Bryan Hassel and Emily Ayscue Hassel to discuss why schools and policymakers must expand the impact of excellent...
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...
Teachers: This is the Moment to Expand Your Impact
If you are a teacher who helps students learn exceptionally well, this is your moment—schools and policymakers must vastly expand your impact, now.
Today, our nation is at a crossroads; we simply cannot fall short educationally for another decade as other countries surge.
Why is this time unique? Two crucial trends are at play. First, the United States has begun to act on the compelling data showing great variation in teachers’ success in helping students learn, as well as the monumental impact this variation can have on the life chances of students. As states and districts work to build better teacher-evaluation systems, schools will have increasingly accurate and useful data to identify which teachers are exceptionally effective.
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....
10 Strategies to Promote Deeper Learning
October 17, 2012 - In his Ed Week blog post, Tom Vander Ark presents 10 strategies “that offer state, district, network, and philanthropic leaders leverage in their efforts to encourage more deeper learning, ” including the Opportunity Culture® initiative’s effort to...