May 7, 2012 - In this Education Next post, Emily Ayscue Hassel and Bryan Hassel unveil Public Impact®'s new infographic. The infographic illustrates our Opportunity Culture® Initiative, which uses job redesign and technology to extend the reach of excellent teachers...
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10 Financially Sustainable Models, Excellence for All
May 1, 2012 - Public Impact® has published 10 new school models that use job redesign and technology to extend the reach of excellent teachers to more students, for more pay, within budget. The 10 models are part of a larger set of 20+ model summaries published by...
Ed Reform for the Digital Era: New Book & Event Webcast
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...
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
Public Impact® Seeks Five Sites to Extend the Reach of Excellent Teachers
December 14, 2011, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— Public Impact, a national education policy and management consulting organization, announces the launch of the implementation phase of its work to bring an excellent teacher to every child. In this next phase of work, the organization will identify five major sites to expand the impact of excellent teachers by “extending their reach.”