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.
Watch VideoWhen schools suddenly closed in March, The Opportunity Trust quickly pivoted to meet the needs of students and educators by launching the Remote Learning Innovation Fund. After an initial sprint to...
Applications for the 2021-2022 school year open as early as October 1 of this year.
Watch KMOV's interview with Anna-Stacia Allen, Executive Director of Navigate STL Schools, to learn more about how they're supporting families through the school search process
Watch VideoThe city’s history of segregation and subsequent attempts to integrate schools have left St. Louis with a fractured school landscape full of options but lacking in transparent and accessible information. Navigating this...
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.
In February 2020, Senator Cindy O’Laughlin from District 18 covering 14 counties in the northeastern part of the state was named Chair of the Missouri Senate Education Committee. As a senator,...
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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