Ensuring everyone who calls St. Louis home is prepared to thrive
The world’s economy and job markets are changing, and St. Louis is not keeping up. Many of our schools are struggling to prepare children with the basic skills required. Existing approaches to solving regional problems are not yielding the results we need.
At The Opportunity Trust we are working to ensure that every child in St. Louis is prepared to lead a life of choice and dignity.
Turn the Page STL recently hosted an event with Dr. Antonio Fierro, Chief Impact Officer for Teacher Education and Preparation with The Barksdale Reading Institute in Mississippi. Check out the video to hear his discussion of the science behind how children learn to read, and how Mississippi improved third grade reading proficiency through intentional policy change and teacher development.
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By Eric Scroggins In response to school closures due to the coronavirus, we launched the Remote Learning Innovation Fund to help ensure all children in our region have access to vital...
Only 40% of all three and four-year-olds in St. Louis City have access to free pre-K seats.
Learn about the work of the STL Pre-K Cooperative is expanding access to high-quality early childhood education for children growing up in underserved communities
We believe every parent or guardian wants the best for the children in their care. However, families in St. Louis are often held back by access to reliable information and can...
White students in Saint Louis Public Schools are 4 times more likely to achieve proficiency in reading than black students, a gap that has doubled over the last 10 years
Read our plan to dramatically increase the number of children who have access to a world-class school and the capacity for our education systems to continuously improve and innovate to meet the ever-changing demands of the 21st century.
Five years ago, the Normandy School District lost its accreditation, which triggered Missouri’s transfer law allowing families to move to an accredited district. The district leaders at the time chose a...
The Opportunity Trust invests in educators and school systems eager to build the capacity required to make significant and measurable change.
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