By Emily Ayscue Hassel and Bryan C. Hassel, first published by EducationNC, January 2, 2019.
As the founders of the Opportunity Culture initiative to extend the reach of great teaching to many more students, we keep a tight focus on how students and teachers benefit from Opportunity Culture implementation in their schools. Read More…
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Opportunity Culture® in the News: Edgecombe County Schools
By Sharon Kebschull Barrett, November 29, 2018
Today’s Hechinger Report highlights Opportunity Culture in Edgecombe County Public Schools, a rural North Carolina district. Noting these “major accomplishments” in Edgecombe County, reporter Tara Garcia Mathewson quotes Erin Swanson, Edgecombe’s director of innovation, saying that Opportunity Culture could be transformational. Read More…
Welcome to the 2018-19 Opportunity Culture® Fellows!
By Sharon Kebschull Barrett, October 25, 2018
Public Impact is pleased to announce our fourth cohort of Opportunity Culture Fellows. This year’s 15 fellows are Opportunity Culture multi-classroom leaders and principals who have achieved strong results and been leaders in their schools and districts. Read More…
Closing the Teacher Satisfaction Gap
By Sharon Kebschull Barrett, October 4, 2018
What can schools learn from Google? A lot, says Talia Milgrom-Elcott, who leads 100Kin10, a network to which we belong that is devoted to addressing the nation’s STEM teacher shortage. Don’t miss her great piece in eSchoolNews, What Schools Can Learn from Google (Spoiler: It’s Not What You’d Expect) on the importance of leadership, empowered teachers, and time for collaboration and support. Read More…
Opportunity Culture® in the News
By Sharon Kebschull Barrett, August 10, 2018
Here are some recent reports that include Opportunity Culture, an initiative of Public Impact. Read More…
In the Spotlight: Donnell Cannon, Principal, North Edgecombe High School
At North Edgecombe High School in Tarboro, North Carolina, Principal Donnell Cannon can hardly sit still when talking about Opportunity Culture® at his school. One of the leading-edge schools in Edgecombe County to implement Opportunity Culture® in 2017–18, North...
Multi-School Leadership: Tools to Extend Excellent Principals’ Reach
By Sharon Kebschull Barrett, June 12, 2018
An Opportunity Culture extends the reach of excellent teaching—what about doing the same for excellent schoolwide leadership? Public Impact, which founded the national Opportunity Culture initiative, today releases a set of practical materials on Multi-School Leadership: How to extend the reach of excellent principals by having them lead a small group of schools, for more pay, funded within the budgets of their schools. Read More…
Opportunity Culture® in the News
By Sharon Kebschull Barrett, May 14, 2018
What’s new with Opportunity Culture? Recent news coverage highlights the growth and successes of Opportunity Culture, an initiative of Public Impact. Read More…
Guilford County Becomes N.C.’s 5th Opportunity Culture® District
By Sharon Kebschull Barrett, April 19, 2018
Under Superintendent Sharon Contreras, Guilford County Schools, based in Greensboro, N.C., has joined the national Opportunity Culture initiative to extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams to more students, for more pay, within schools’ recurring budgets. Read More
Opportunity Culture® by the Numbers: 2017-18 Dashboard Updates
By Sharon Kebschull Barrett, March 16, 2018
Public Impact analyzes the dashboard results so we can continually improve Opportunity Culture materials and our work with schools and districts. Our goals are to reach all students with excellent teaching and all teachers with outstanding career opportunities and support. Read More…